The Swyft Last Name

Swyft is best understood together with Swift: both are English spellings of one family name. At root, the name means “Quick, fast”.

A variant of Swift

Swyft writes “y” in place of the “i” found in Swift, a common scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

In the records

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Swyft family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Get the complete Swyft report, with a museum-style coat of arms.