Shvets Explained

Shvets (alternate spellings Shwets, Schwets, Švets, Švec, Svec, Shwec, Chvets) is a Ukrainian (Швець Shvets) and Czech (Švec, Shvets) occupational surname literally meaning "cobbler" or "shoemaker". In Russian the word means "tailor" (obsolete).

The surname may refer to:

• Anton Shvets (born 1993), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer
• Fedir Shvets (1882–1940), Ukrainian geologist, public activist and statesman
• Oksana Shvets (1955—2022), Ukrainian actress
• Yana Shvets (born 1989), Ukrainian singer
• Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (1902–1972), Soviet cinematic artist
• Yuri Shvets (born 1952), former KGB Major
• Mark Švets (born 1976), Estonian international footballer
• Jiří Švec (1935—2014), Czech wrestler
• Otakar Švec (1892—1955), Czech sculptor

See also

• • Shevchenko
• Shevchuk