Save Gender Feminine Usage American (Rare) Pronounced Pron. SWOO-see [key] Meaning & History Name borne by actress Swoosie Kurtz (1944-) for the aircraft her father, Frank Allen Kurtz Jr., piloted during World War II. The aircraft was called 'the Swoose' or 'Swoose' combining the words swan and goose. The name rhymes with Lucy not woozy.