Please be aware that there is more than one coat of arms for this surname. If you would like this particular Smith coat of arms, you must describe it on your order form. If you don't describe it on your order form, we will provide you with the oldest coat of arms on record for this surname, which may or may not be the one pictured above.
Also, the heraldry images on this website are copyrighted. Please email me if you would like permission to use the image pictured above on a website.
Smith Origin Displayed: Scottish
Smith Origins Available: Dutch, Irish, English, Scottish, German
Spelling variations include: Smith, Smyth, Smythe and others.
First found in northern England and Scotland, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Rich Smith, who settled in Virginia in 1638; Abbigall Smith, who was granted land in Virginia in 1673; James Smith and his wife Mary, who immigrated to Boston in 1718 with their children, Abel Smith, who came to Boston in 1763.
(Above is a small excerpt from our 1800 word history)
Smith Motto Translated: Always faithful.
Suggested Readings for the name Smith
Andrew M. and O.S. Smith, Sons of Maine and Nebraska Homesteaders by Claude R. Wiegers, Kinfolk of Henry Smith (1846-1887), Pioneer Heritage: the Smith Family by Marguerite Esther Smith.
Some noteworthy people of the name Smith
Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) American politician
Ian Douglas Smith (1919-) Zimb politician
James Smith (1775-1839) English author
Horace Smith (1779-1849) English author
James Smith (1789-1850) Scottish agricultural engineer
James Edward Smith (1759-1828) English botanist
Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831) American fur trader
John Smith (1580-1631) English adventurer
John Smith (1790-1824) English missionary
John Smith (1825-1910) Scottish dentist
John Smith (1938-1994) Scottish politician
John Raphael Smith (1750-1812) English miniaturist
John Stafford Smith (1750-1836) English composer
Joseph Smith (1805-1844) American religious leader
Madeleine Hamilton Smith (1835-1928) Scottish gentlewoman
Maggie Smith (1934-) English actress
Maria Ann Smith (c.1801-1870) Australian orchardist
Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith (1879-1959) English artist
Rodney Smith (1860-1947) English evangelist
Ross MacPherson Smith (1892-1922) Australian aviator
Sophia Smith (1796-1870) American philanthropist
Stevie Smith (1902-1971) English poet
Florence Margaret Smith (1902-1971) English original name of Stevie Smith
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman
Sydney Alfred Smith (1883-1969) New Zealander forensic medical expert
Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975) NZ/Sc poet
Theobald Smith (1859-1934) American microbiologist
Thomas Smith (1514-1577) English classical scholar
Thomas Southwood Smith (1788-1861) English physician
William Smith (1769-1839) English civil engineer
William Smith (1813-1893) English lexicographer
William Smith (1854-1914) Scottish businessman
William Henry Smith (1792-1865) English newsagent
William Henry Smith (1825-1891) English newsagent
William Sydney Smith (1764-1840) English naval commander
Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish economist/philosopher
Alexander Smith (1830-1867) Scottish poet
Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) American Democratic politician
Augustus John Smith (1804-1872) English lessee of the Scilly Islands
Benjamin Eli Smith (1857-1912) American lexicographer
Bernard Smith (c.1630-1708) Ger/Br organ-builder
Elizabeth Smith (1894-1937) American original name of Bessie Smith
David Roland Smith (1906-1965) American sculptor
Eli Smith (1801-1857) American churchman
George Smith (1824-1901) English publisher
George Smith (1840-1876) English Assyriologist
George Adam Smith (1856-1942) Scottish Biblical scholar
George Jospeh Smith (1872-1915) English murderer
Robert Harvey Smith (1938-) English showjumper
Henry John Stephen Smith (1826-1883) Irish mathematician
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) Am/Br writer
Susan Smith (1952-) American original name of Susan Dey
Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (1897-1935) Australian pioneer aviator
Lonnie Skates Smith (1955-) American baseball player
Curt Smith (1961) British pop musician
Buffalo Smith (1917-) American entertainer
Jaclyn Smith (1947-) American actress
Jedediah Smith (1799-1831) American fur trader and explorer
David Smith (1906-1965) American artist
Hyrum Smith (d. 1844) American founder of the Mormons
Sydney Smith (1887-1935) American cartoonist
Will Smith (1969-) American actor
Dodie Smith (1896-1990) English playwright
Tommie Smith (1944-) American track athlete
Goldwin Smith (1823-1910) Canadian historian-journalist
Billy Smith (1950-) American hockey player
Arlene Smith (1941-) American rock singer
Horton Smith (contemporary) American golfer
Maggie Smith (1934-) British actress
Grafton Smith (1871-1937) Australian ethnologist
Fred Sonic Smith (contemporary) American musician
Hamilton Othanel Smith (1931-) American molecular biologist
Gladys Mary Smith (1893-1979) Can/Am original name of Mary Pickford
Stan Smith (c.1971-) tennis player
Bessie Smith (1894-1937) American blues singer
James Smith (c.1719-1806) Irish signer of declaration of Independence
Robert Smith (c.1809) American secretary of state
Clarence Pinetop Smith (1904-1929) jazz musician
Grafton Elliot Smith (1871-1937) Australian anatomist
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) British divine
William Alexander Smith (1854-1914) Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade
William Robertson Smith (1846-1894) Scottish biblical scholar
Iain Crichton Smith (1928-) Scottish poet
Lamont Smith American athlete
Julie Smith American softball player
Michele Smith American softball player
Frances Octavia Smith (1912-) American original name of Dale Evans
Walter Bedell Smith (c.1950-1953) American head of CIA
Robert Barr Smith (1824-1915) Sc/Aust pastoralist
John Smith (1580-1631) English explorer
Sydney George Ure Smith (1887-1949) Eng/Aust artist
Walker Smith (1920-1989) American original name of Sugar Ray Robinson
Orders over $90 qualify for Free Shipping within the U.S. (Use coupon code: FREESHIP).