Swiney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
C. C. Swiney (born 1981), American writer, actor and comedian Erwin Swiney (born 1978), American football player Frances Swiney (1847–1922), British feminist, writer and theosophist George Swiney (1793–1844), English physician and founder of the Swiney Prize Nick Swiney (born 1999), American baseball player Tom Swiney (1875–1945), Australian politician
See also Swiney Prize, awarded every five years for medical or general jurisprudence