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Switzerland means land of the people from Schwyz, which is one of the 3 founding "Cantons / States" of Switzerland. When going to war the old confederacy would wear white cross with red background (the flag of Schwyz) to distinguish themselves in battle. So in wider Europe they where known as Switzerland, specially because the Swiss Mercs were elite warriors and the most powerfull nobles would want to have the Swiss as their Guard (the Vatican still uses them today).
The real name of Switzerland though is Confederatio Helvetica. Which means the Helvetic Confederation. The Helvetic are a Celtic tribe that used to live in today's Switzerland before the Romans took over and later the Alemans rolled in.
I put in a solid effort to come up with a Helvetica pun, but it just wasn’t there.
The Helvetica Confederation does not include the Serif region
There it is