Given name & surname

Smyth

“a blacksmith”

Smyth is a variant of Smith. One English interpretation is “a blacksmith.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Smyth is a variant of Smith. One English interpretation is “a blacksmith.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Smyth is a variant of Smith. An origin associated with Smith is English.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Middle English Smyth.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Smyth through the years

Babies since 1880
6
6 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2019
6 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Smyth in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2019–2025, 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 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,912 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.

Smyth’s family of names

Smyth has a related form in Smith.

Walk Smyth’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Smyth’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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