The English surname Sweet, most commonly found in the West Country is a nickname from the Middle English term swete meaning “sweet, pleasant, or agreeable.” The name is recorded as early as 1179 when Wilmund Svote ( Sweet) is recorded in “The Book of Seals” for Bedfordshire. The earliest record of the name in the New World is in 1623 when Robert Sweet settled in Virginia. Today there are approximately 29,000 bearers of the name Sweet living in the United States.
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