What are some names that mean swan or are related to swans? Or give you the imagery of swans.
(Any gender, any language. I accept neutral names and non English names too)
Cygnus, Leda, Odette
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[name_f]Odile[/name_f], [name_u]Swan[/name_u] itself, and [name_f]Swanhild[/name_f] come to mind too
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[name_f]Swanhild[/name_f] (maybe too obvious?)
[name_f]Etain[/name_f] (was turned into a swan in Irish Lore)
[name_u]Yeats[/name_u] (wrote a poem called the [name_u]Wild[/name_u] Swans at Coole, which is fairly well known)
Alban/Alba (means white)
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m] (means white)
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] (white phantom)
Bewick (a kind of swan)
Svanur - Icelandic, “swan”. Related names are Svan, Svani and Svane. Female forms are Svana and Svanna.
There’s a ton of Icelandic names with the name element svan-, for example:
Svangeir
Svanhólm
Svanlaugur
Svanmundur
Svanbjörn
Svanþór
Svanbjörg
Svanbjört
Svaney
Svanhildur
Svanrós
Svanþrúður
Svanlaug
Svanhvít
Svandís
I can give you the meanings of all of these if you’re interested, just let me know 
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I would be interested in the meaning! Thank you
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Eala literally means swan and then Odette and Odile have the imagery for obvious reasons 
There’s also the children of Lir who were turned into swans by Aífe in Irish mythology:
Fionnuala
Aodh
Fiachra
Conn
Here they are with their meanings:
Meanings
Svanbjörg - swan castle
Svanbjört - light, brightness of the swan
Svaney - swan island
Svanhildur - battle of the swan
Svanrós - combination of “swan” and “rose”, so something like rose of the swan
Svanþrúður - strength of the swan
Svanlaug - not sure on this one because “laug” means to celebrate marriage, to swear a holy oath. It could also mean “to be dedicated to”, so maybe “dedicated to the swan”
Svanhvít - white like a swan
Svandís - wise woman of the swan (dis can also mean sister, woman or virgin)
Svangeir - spear of the swan
Svanhólm - small island of the swan
Svanlaugur - see Svanlaug, a bit higher 
Svanmundur - protector of the swan
Svanbjörn - warrior of the swan (björn can also mean bear, but that doesn’t make much sense here)
Svanþór - swan of (the God) [name_m]Thor[/name_m] is a possible meaning, although it would probably have to be the other way around. þór also means thunder, so maybe “thunder of the swan”
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[name_u]Hong[/name_u] (鸿) | m | wild swan
Schwanhild, Svanhildr, Swanahilda, [name_f]Swanhilda[/name_f], [name_f]Swanhilde[/name_f] | f | swan + battle
[name_f]Renesmee[/name_f] | f | [name_f]Bella[/name_f] Swan’s daughter in [name_u]Twilight[/name_u]