History And Origin 1. English: habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the Old Norse ethnic byname Sváfi ‘Swabian' (see Schwab) + Old Norse býr ‘farm', ‘settlement'.
2. Americanized spelling of German Schwabe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Inc. © 2006 Patrick Hanks from Archives.com •Military Records: 9 Swabys found •Civil War Records: 4 Swabys found •World War II Records: 5 Swabys found •Immigration Records: 35 Swabys found •Newspaper Records: 27,347 Swabys found