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in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
Swayze is not uncommon in Mississippi for either sex. The baseball field at Ole Miss is called Swayze Field after Tom Swayze (star player in college and later a long time coach of the team) and from my research, the Swayze family were some of the earliest settlers in the Natchez area. Natchez is one of the best preserved towns from before the civil war and had many grand plantations and there is still a lot of 'old money' there. Patrick Swayze was also a descendent of that family. There is a well known attorney in my town with the surname Swayze and it's not uncommon to hear it as a surname.
More often than not though, I see it as a first name. I think I've had one Swayze in at least one of my classes each semester (all female). One of the kids that I babysit is best friends with a male Swayze who is about 11.
I did a bit of research on this when I started seeing or hearing it around so much. I think the first time I ever saw a BA for a Swayze, before I lived here, I thought it was in honor of Patrick Swayze or something but I think even that was a Mississippi BA. Maybe quads where one of the girls was called Swayze?
Anyway, I don't know where your BA is from but I thought I'd share that :)
More often than not though, I see it as a first name. I think I've had one Swayze in at least one of my classes each semester (all female). One of the kids that I babysit is best friends with a male Swayze who is about 11.
I did a bit of research on this when I started seeing or hearing it around so much. I think the first time I ever saw a BA for a Swayze, before I lived here, I thought it was in honor of Patrick Swayze or something but I think even that was a Mississippi BA. Maybe quads where one of the girls was called Swayze?
Anyway, I don't know where your BA is from but I thought I'd share that :)
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