Names

Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Variant of Smith.

Variant of Smolak.

Occupational name for a distiller of pitch, derived from the Slavic word smola meaning “pitch, resin”.

Variant of Smolak.

Variant of Smit.

Means “metalworker, blacksmith” from Old English smiþ, related to smitan “to smite, to hit”. It is the most common surname in most of the English-speaking world. A famous bearer was the Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).

From Middle Dutch smit “metalworker, blacksmith”, a cognate of Smith.