Schwandt Family History
Schwandt Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived in a forest clearing from Middle High German swant (from swenden ‘to thin out make disappear’ causative from swinden ‘to disappear’ ) or a habitational name from any of various places called Schwand or Schwanden named with this element all in southern Germany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022