Given name & surname
Smitty
“a blacksmith”
Smitty is a variant of Smith. One English interpretation is “a blacksmith.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Smitty is a variant of Smith. One English interpretation is “a blacksmith.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Smitty is a variant of Smith. An origin associated with Smith is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Smitty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 90
- 90 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 as a first name in 2020; 389 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.
Smitty’s family of names
In English usage, Smitty as a surname is a nickname for Smith. Smitty has a related form in Smith.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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