Meaning and Origin of: Sweeney

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Gaelic : Little hero

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced form of McSweeney, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Suibhne ‘son of Suibhne’, a byname meaning ‘pleasant’.
  • Americanized form of French Choinière (see Choiniere).