This is a list of surnames in which the categories include quickness.
AdessoItalian Perhaps a nickname for a punctual or fast person, from Italian adesso meaning "now, at this moment".
AllegriItalian From an Italian nickname derived from allegro meaning "quick, lively".
BalleriniItalian From Italian ballerino meaning "dancer", an occupational name or nickname for someone who liked to dance.
BradyIrish Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendant of Brádach". A famous bearer is the American football quarterback Tom Brady (1977-).
ChvátalCzech Derived from chvátat meaning "to hurry".
CoelhoPortuguese From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.
FriskSwedish From Swedish frisk"healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word vrisch "fresh, young, frisky".
GattiItalian Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.
GumpGerman (Rare), Popular Culture Possibly from a nickname derived from Middle High German gumpen meaning "to hop, to jump". This surname was used by author Winston Groom for the hero of his novel Forrest Gump (1986), better known from the 1994 movie adaptation.
HaseGerman From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". This was a nickname for a person who was quick or timid.
HopperEnglish Occupational name for an acrobat or a nickname for someone who was nervous or restless. A famous bearer was the American actor Dennis Hopper (1936-2010).
Hummel 2German, Dutch Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".
KoskinenFinnish Derived from Finnish koski meaning "rapids". This is the second most common surname in Finland.
LaukkanenFinnish From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".
LozanoSpanish Means "healthy, exuberant, lively" in Spanish, originally used as a nickname for an elegant or haughty person.
PospíšilCzech Nickname for a person in a hurry, from Czech pospíšit"hurry".
QuickEnglish Nickname for a quick or agile person, ultimately from Old English cwic meaning "alive".
Rapp 1Swedish From Swedish rapp meaning "quick, prompt", one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century.
RaskDanish, Swedish Means "energetic, quick, healthy" in Danish and Swedish.
RaskopfGerman Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".
Ready 1English From Middle English redi meaning "prepared, prompt".
RendónSpanish Possibly derived from a variant of Spanish de rondón meaning "unexpectedly, rashly".
SaylorEnglish Occupational name meaning "acrobat, dancer", derived from Old French sailleor, from Latin sallitor.
SchlenderGerman From Middle High German slinderen"to dawdle" or Middle Low German slinden"to swallow, to eat".
SharpEnglish Nickname for a keen person, from Old English scearp"sharp".
SkeatesEnglish From the Old Norse nickname or byname skjótr meaning "swift".
SnellEnglish From Old English snel meaning "fast, quick, nimble".
SparksEnglish From an Old Norse nickname or byname derived from sparkr meaning "sprightly".
StieberGerman Derived from Middle High German stiuben meaning "to run away". It may have been given as a nickname to a cowardly person or a thief.
SwiftEnglish Nickname for a quick person, from Old English swift.
TanzerGerman Means "dancer" in German, derived from Middle High German tanzen "to dance".
UnruhGerman Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe meaning "unrest".
WiaterPolish Derived from Polish wiatr"wind", a nickname for a quick person.