swire/swaɪə/EtymologyFrom Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.swire means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nameA surname.nounThe neck.A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.“As he approached the swire at the head of the dell […], he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.”