Smeets
Origin
Language(s)Limburgish
Meaningsmith's[1]
Region of originLimburg (encompassing Limburg (Belgium) and Limburg (Netherlands))
Other names
Variant form(s)Smit
Smits

Smeets is a Limburgian surname (or more broadly, Dutch surname) meaning smith (metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium.[1][2]

People bearing the Smeets surname

  • Axel Smeets (b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager
  • Bryan Smeets (b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder
  • Felix Smeets (1904–1961), Dutch football striker
  • Hubert Smeets (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian
  • Ionica Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter
  • Jan Smeets (b. 1985), Dutch chess player
  • Jorg Smeets (b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder
  • Jorrit Smeets (b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder
  • Joseph Smeets (b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist
  • Lucian Smeets (fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger
  • Mart Smeets (b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist
  • Martine Smeets (b. 1990), Dutch handball player
  • Minke Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player, wife of Tjerk
  • Pauline Smeets (b. 1959), Dutch Labour Party politician
  • Robert Smeets (b. 1985), Australian tennis player
  • Theo Smeets (b. 1964), Dutch jeweler
  • Tjerk Smeets (b. 1980), Dutch baseball player, son of Mart Smeets, husband of Minke
  • Michele Rocco Smeets (b. 1984), Belgian actor and game developer, AKA Mike "The Spike" Smith.

See also

  • Smets, Dutch occupational surname with a different origin

References

  1. 1 2 Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. "Smeets". Meertens Instituut. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  2. ↑ Besite, Bijnens P. & Marynissen, A. "Smeets". Besite. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
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