Smith is an English surname, an occupational name for someone who worked as a smith, someone who worked with metal like a blacksmith. The name derives from Old English smiþ (blacksmith, armorer, worker in metals) via Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (craftsman, smith).
Origin: English
Usage: English, Scottish, Irish
Variants:
- Smythe (English)
- Smyth (English)
- Schmidt (German)
- Schmid (German)
- Schmitz (German)
- Schmitt (German)
- De Smet (Flemish, Dutch)
- Desmet (Flemish, Dutch)
A History of Surnames 