Given name & surname
Schmidt
“a blacksmith”
Schmidt is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a blacksmith.”
Original GermanSchmittlein
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a blacksmith.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Schmidt’s family of names
In English usage, Schmidt as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Smith. Schmidt has a related form in Schmit. Schmidt has a related form in Schmitt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Schmidt has relatives in 31 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Schmidt comes from · 21 names
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Schmittleinvariant · German
- Schmiedlevariant · German
- Schmidvariant · German, English
- Schmittvariant · German, French
- Schmitzvariant · German, French
- Schmiedvariant · German, French
- Smitsvariant · German
- Schmittlevariant · German
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- Schmidlevariant · German
- Schmiedervariant · German, French
- Schmiedelvariant · German, French
- Schmidtsvariant · German, French
- Schmidlvariant · German, French
- Smidtvariant · German
- Smidvariant · German, English
- Schmidtkevariant · German
- Schmidtchenvariant · German
- Schmidlivariant · German
- Scmidtvariant · English
- Schmitvariant
Across languages 48
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Faberalso known as · Latin, German
- Kovácsalso known as · Hungarian, German
- Kowalskialso known as · Polish, German
- Smithdoublet · English
- Smitdoublet · English
- SeppEstonian
- КузнецовRussian
- Шмидтborrowing · Russian
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- Šmidtasborrowing · Lithuanian
- КоваленкоUkrainian
- КовальчукUkrainian
- КовальUkrainian
- DemirciTurkish
- KováříkCzech
- KováříčekCzech
- KovářCzech
- KovalSlovak
- КовачиђSerbian
- GowScottish Gaelic, Irish
- FrauSardinian
- FerreriSardinian
- FaurRomanian
- FerreiraPortuguese
- KowalczykPolish
- SmedNorwegian, Danish
- SmeetsDutch
- KalweitLithuanian
- KovačevCroatian, Bosnian
- KovačekCroatian, Bosnian
- KovačCroatian, Bosnian
- FerrerCatalan
- ForgioneItalian
- O’GowanIrish
- O’GobhannIrish
- Mac GowanIrish
- Mac GhabhannIrish
- GobhaIrish
- An GhabhannIrish
- ΣιδεριάςGreek
- ΣιδεράτοςGreek
- ΣιδεράκηςGreek
- SeppänenFinnish
- PajariFinnish
- SmytheEnglish
- SmithsonEnglish
- КовачевBulgarian
- BarandallaBasque
- حَدَّادmha
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Schmidt, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Schmidhuber
Schmidhuber is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
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Schmale
Schmale is a surname from German.
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Schwier
Schwier is a surname from German.
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Schrimpf
“to shrink, dry up”
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Hammerschmidt
“hammer smith”
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Schwider
Schwider is a surname from Polish, ultimately from German.
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