FaNBI

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Oxford University Press, published 2016
Patrick Hanks and Richard Coates

Swindale

Current frequencies: GB 204, Ireland 0
GB frequency 1881: 97
Main GB location 1881: scattered in England

English: see Swindell

Swindall

Current frequencies: GB 66, Ireland 3
GB frequency 1881: 71
Main GB location 1881: Northants; London

English: see Swindell

Swindell

Variants: Swindle, Swindale, Swindall

Current frequencies: GB 1008, Ireland 41
GB frequency 1881: 711
Main GB location 1881: Derbys; also Lancs

1 English: see Swindells
2 English: locative name from one or more places named with Old Scandinvian svin, Old English Swin 'Swine, pig' + Old Scandinavian dalr, Old English dael 'valley', including Swindale in Shap Rural (Westm). Some of the early bearers may belong with (1).
Early bearers: Agnes Swindale, 1584 in IGI (Theddlethorpe St Helen, Lincs); Margaret Swindale, 1587 in IGI (Baslow, Derbys); Ane Swindall, 1594 in IGI (Langton by Wragby, Lincs).
References: Place-Names of Westm 2, p.171

Swindells

Variants: Swindles, Swindels, Swindell, Swindley

Current frequencies: GB 2066, Ireland 8
GB frequency 1881: 1905
Main GB location 1881: Cheshire and Lancs

English: locative name from Swindells Orchard in Cheadle (Cheshire), recorded as Swindelues in 1368, Swindelfs in 1519 and Swyndells in 1563.
Early bearers: Agnes Swyndles, 1562 in IGI (Prestbury, Cheshire); Agnes Swyndles, 1575, Katheren Swyndels, 1577 in IGI (Macclesfield, Cheshire); Anna Swyndley, 1665 in IGI (Waverton, Cheshire).
References: Place-Names of Cheshire 1, p.256

Swindels

GB frequency 1881: 71
Main GB location 1881: Lancs, Cheshire, Derbys, and Staffs

English: see Swindells

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Main GB location 1881: Cheshire and Lancs; also Staffs

1 English: see Swindells
2 English, Scottish: see Swinley

Swindles

Current frequencies: GB 110, Ireland 3
GB frequency 1881: 711
Main GB location 1881: Lancs, Cheshire, and Staffs