Given name & surname

Smiles

“burrow”

Smiles is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Smiles goes back to Old English smygel, meaning “burrow.”

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Where it comes from

Smiles comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English smygel (“burrow”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Smiles’s family of names

In Greek usage, Smiles as a surname is a transliteration of Σμάιλς.

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SmilesΣμάιλς

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Similar names

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Old English

Biles

Biles is a surname.

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Staines

“stones”

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Old English

Hales

“hollow, nook”

No U.S. birth series

56% boys · 44% girls

Old English

Small

Small is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Celtic

Bowes

“a bow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Smalldon

“small, narrow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Eaves

“at the border, edge”

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Old English

Inglis

Inglis is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

33% boys · 67% girls

Sibling ideas

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