Sweet Family History
Sweet Name Meaning
English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male) Swēte (female)) or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e) sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte swōt) from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett . Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle the sweet’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022