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Smit

Smit is a surname from Dutch. It is used in English and Dutch.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Smit comes from Dutch.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Dutch Smid.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Smit through the years

Babies since 1880
48
48 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2000
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024620002025Highest share 20000.0
Smit in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 439 as a first name in 2020; 3,966 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Smit’s family of names

In English usage, Smit as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Smith. In German usage, Smit as a surname has a related form in SCHMIDLE. In English usage, Smit as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Schmidt.

Walk Smit’s family in the name graph

Smitస్మిత్СмитΣμιτSmitsSchmiedleSchmittleinSchmittleSchmidleSchmiedSmithSmid

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Smit has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Dutch roots to each of them.

DutchGermanTelugu

Dutchwhere Smit comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 6

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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