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Smith
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smith smiþ
English
Alternative forms
en Smithe Smyth Smythe
Etymology
From en smith or en enm Smith a surname, alternative form of enm Smyth, itself from enm smyth smith. en Schmidt Smid Smit.
Pronunciation
en /smɪθ/
en en-ca-Smith.opus CA
en ɪθ 1
en smith
Proper noun
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en English occupations en (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).
en That’s John’s parents, the Smiths.
en 1559 Thomas Lanquet, Thomas Cooper, Robert Crowley An Epitome of Cronicles Thomas Marshe London https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_Epitome_of_Cronicles/xd4SL8IDlOgC Patingham selmonger, who, as it was reported, reneuced the Arians opinion before he dyed. The xvi. daye were burned [at the stake], at Staines. Robert Smith[,] painter, who in the tyme of his imprisonment, wrate byuers thinges in Metre, which were after put in print. At Stortford Stephan Harwoode Alebruer. And at Ware Thomas Fuſſe Jerkenmaker.
en 1759 w:Adam Smith w:The Theory of Moral Sentiments 360–361 This ſyſtem, as it was much eſteemed by many antient fathers of the chriſtian church, ſo after the reformation it was adopted by feveral divines of the moſt eminent piety and learning and of the moſt amiable manners; particularly, by Dr. Ralph Cudworth, by Dr. Henry More, and by Mr. John Smith of Cambridge.
en 1852 August D. H. Jacques A Chapter on Names The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine XL 114 John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who is John Smith? He is lost in the multitude of John Smiths, and individual fame is impossible.
en 1901 Charles Wareing Bardsley A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances Smith London Henry Frowde https://archive.org/details/adictionaryengl00goog 699 [Smith is] Common to every village in England, north, south, east, and west. There are 300,000 Smiths in England.
Kristen Rogers What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/health/what-is-alopecia-areata-wellness 2022-06-01 Jada Pinkett Smith found herself at the center of conflict when her husband Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony March 27. Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference. https://web.archive.org/web/20221020072510/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/health/what-is-alopecia-areata-wellness
en 2024 Colin Rogers The Surname Detective: Investigating Surname Distribution in England Since 1086 w:Manchester University Press 9781526186034 71 Clearly the more numerous the holders of a surname, the more likely it is to be polygenic – that is, having arisen in many different places. In no case discovered, however, is a name evenly distributed among the population, though Smith comes close to it.
en male surnames.
Several places in the United States:
en ucomm co/LaPorte County s/Indiana.
en ucomm co/Harlan County s/Kentucky.
en ucomm co/York County s/South Carolina.
en small unincorporated community co/Lyon County s/Nevada, named for an early settler family.
en ghost town co/Humboldt County s/California.
en Smiths Turnout
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Smith Township.
en hamlet mundist/Lesser Slave River northern p/Alberta c/Canada.
Several rivers:
en river co/Douglas County s/Oregon c/US, a tributary of the Umpqua River.
en river s/Montana c/US, a tributary of the Missouri.
en river territory/Yukon and p/British Columbia c/Canada, a tributary of the Liard River.
en river s/Virginia and s/North Carolina c/US, a tributary of the Dan River.
en river s/California c/US, flowing from the Klamath Mountains into the Pacific.
en river s/New Hampshire c/US, a tributary of the Pemigewasset River.
en river co/Linn County s/Oregon c/US, a tributary of the McKenzie River.
en river p/Quebec c/Canada, a tributary of the Montmorency River.
Smith College a women's college in Massachusetts, U.S. en Universities
Derived terms
en John Smith Smithian Smithy Smith squat Deaf Smith County Fort Smith IDS<t:Iain Duncan Smith> Kingsford Smith Lorrain Smith effect Marshall-Smith syndrome Paul Smiths Smith-Fineman-Myers syndrome Smith-Magenis syndrome Smith Center Smith County Smithsburg Riley-Smith syndrome Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome Smiths Creek Smiths Falls Smiths Station Smith system Smithton Aase-Smith syndrome Smithtown Smith-Martin-Dodd syndrome Smithville Smith & Wesson Smith-Petersen nail
Descendants
mul smithi 1, mul smithii
Translations
transliterations of the name Smith
Arabic: ar سْمِيث
Armenian: hy Սմիթ
Belarusian: be Сміт m f
Bulgarian: bg Смит m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 史密斯 Shǐmìsī
Esperanto: eo Smito
Georgian: ka სმიტ
Greek: el Σμιθ
Hebrew: he סמית, he סמית' smith
Hindi: hi स्मिथ
Inuktitut: iu ᔅᒥᑦ
Japanese: ja スミス Sumisu
Korean: ko 스미스
Latvian: lv Smits m, lv Smita f
Macedonian: mk Смит m f
Marathi: mr स्मिथ
Persian: fa اسمیت esmit
Russian: ru Смит m f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Смит m f
Latin: sh Smith m f, sh Smit m f
Sinhalese: si ස්මිත්
Tamil: ta ஸ்மித்
Telugu: te స్మిత్
Thai: th สมิท sàmít, th สมิธ sàmíth
Ukrainian: uk Сміт m f
Vietnamese: vi Xmít
surnames derived from the equivalents of “smith”
Albanian: sq Nallbani
Arabic: ar حَدَّاد
Armenian: hy Դարբինյան
Breton: br Ar Gov
Bulgarian: bg Кова́чев m
Catalan: ca Ferrer
Cornish: kw An Gov
Czech: cs Kovář m
Danish: da Smed
Dutch: nl Smit, nl Smid
Estonian: et Sepp
Finnish: fi Seppänen, fi Seppälä, fi Seppä, fi Seppäläinen
French: fr Lefèvre, fr Lefébure, fr Lefebvre
Galician: gl Ferreiro m
Georgian: ka მჭედლიშვილი, ka ჭკადუა
German: de Schmidt, de Schmied, de Schmid, de Schmitt, de Schmitz
Greek: el Σιδεράς m, el Σιδέρης f
Hindi: hi लोहार m, hi सोनी m
Hungarian: hu Kovács
Irish: ga Mac Gabhann
Italian: it Ferraro, it Ferrari, it Ferrero, it Ferreri, it Fabbri, it Ferri, it Ferro
Japanese: ja 鍛冶 かじ, Kaji, ja 鍛治 かじ, Kaji, ja 加治 かじ, Kaji, ja 鍛冶屋 かじや, Kajiya, ja 鍛治屋 かじや, Kajiya, ja 加治屋 かじや, Kajiya
Latvian: lv Kalējs m, lv Kalēja f
Lithuanian: lt Kalvaitis m
Manx: gv Mac y Ghaauin m
Navajo: nv Atsidii, nv Etsiddy anglicized
Norwegian: no Smed
Occitan: oc Fabre, oc Fabré, oc Faure, oc Fauré
Persian: fa زرگر zargar
Polish: pl Kowalski m, pl Kowal, pl Kowalczuk, pl Kowalczyk
Portuguese: pt Ferreira f, pt Ferreiro m
Romani: rom Petulengro
Romanian: ro Fieraru
Russian: ru Кузнецо́в m, ru Ковалёв m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mac a' Ghobhainn, gd Gobha
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ковач m, sh Ковачевић m
Latin: sh Kovač m, sh Kovačević m
Slovak: sk Kováč m, sk Kováčik
Slovene: sl Kovač, sl Kovačič
Spanish: es Herrera, es Herrero
Swedish: sv Smed
Thai: th
Turkish: tr Demirci
Ukrainian: uk Коваль m
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Smith is the most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2,442,977 individuals. Smith is most common among White (70.9%) and Black/African American (23.1%) individuals.
See also
Smith (surname)
Smith#Places Smith (places)
French
Etymology
fr :bor en:Smith
fr en Smith.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mf
fr English
Middle English
Etymology
Variant of enm Smyth.
Proper noun
enm proper noun
enm rare enm, enm Smyth
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Smith + 1
Pronunciation
smit
Proper noun
smit
tl English
tl volcano p/Cagayan c/Philippines