as a Last Name
- 51,026
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Sweeney
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced form of McSweeney, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Suibhne ‘son of Suibhne’, a byname meaning ‘pleasant’.
| 543rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 51,026
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Sweeney per capita
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