Smith - Meaning of Smith

What does Smith mean?

[ 1 syll. smit(h), sm-i-th ] The baby boy name Smith is pronounced as SMih-TH †. Smith is used mostly in English and its language of origin is also English. The name Smith means craftsman.

Smith has 20 derivatives. Derivatives of Smith include Schmidt, Smedt, Smid, Smidt, Smit, Smithe, Smithey, Smithi, Smithie, Smithy, Smitt, Smittea, Smittee, Smittey, Smitth, Smitti, Smittie, Smyth, and Smythe. Another English derivative is the diminutive Smitty.

See also the related categories, english and craftsman.

Smith is uncommon as a baby boy name. In 1900, 0.016% of baby boys were named Smith. It had a ranking of #454 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is currently used on a very modest scale. Within all boy names in its family, Smith was nevertheless the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Smith include Smitth, Saent, Saint, Sainte, Samant, Sande, Sant, Saynt, Scand, Scande, Scant, Schmid, Schmidt, Schmit, Schmitt, Senet, Senett, Shande, Skand, and Smedt.

† Pronunciation for Smith: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)"



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