Smidt Name Origin and Family Crest

Smidt is a branch of the Smith name tree. The family name meaning is “Metalworker (Old English smið)”, the same as for Smith. Smidt is listed among the recognised spellings of Smith. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Smidth, Smit and Smitt.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Smidt with 1,865 bearers, at rank 15,658. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Arms linked to Smith and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Smidt report, with a museum-style coat of arms.