The sweet Surname
sweet Name Meaning and History
- English (most common in the West Country): nickname from Middle English swete ‘sweet’, ‘pleasant’, ‘agreeable’. The Old English bynames Swet(a) (masculine) and Swete (feminine) derived from this word survived into the early Middle English period, and may also be sources of the surname.
- Translation of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess.
- In New England, a translation of French Ledoux.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Oscar W. Sweet/Ella M. Marsh |
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| Sweet-Tillinghast |
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| Family of Harding Sweet | Gennell Hinds (Sweet) | 6 |
| The first John Sweet of RI |
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| James A. Sweet parents (1800s RI) |
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| John Sweet b Oct. 23, 1695, Attleborough, MA (Rehoboth) | Betty Hamilton | 6 |
| Thankful Sweet |
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| SWEET W L and Laura J |
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| Wm. James SWEET born in Illinois 1875 |
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| SWEET Adwin B and Eula F |
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