Schwering

Schwering is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

Schwering comes from the old Germanic first name Sweder and Swider by adding "ing". This first name is very common throughout the Middle Ages between Westphalia and Pomerania .

variants

• Sweder
• Swider

Name bearer

• Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey (* 1968), German actor
• Bernd Schwering (* 1945), German painter and graphic artist
• Ernst Schwering (1886–1962), Mayor of Cologne 1949–1950
• Herbert Schwering (* 1959), German film producer
• Julius Schwering (1863–1941), German specialist in German
• Karl Schwering (mathematician) (1846–1925), German mathematician and educator
• Karl Schwering (administrative officer) (1879–1948), German administrative officer
• Leo Schwering (1883–1971), historian, philologist, educator and politician (CDU)
• Walther Schwering (1885–1915), German classical philologist