Smeets

Smeets

Origin
Language(s)	Limburgish
Meaning	smith's[1]
Region of origin	Limburg (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 [nl; uk] (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 [de] (b. 1964), Dutch jeweler
• Tjerk Smeets (b. 1980), Dutch baseball player, son of Mart Smeets, husband of Minke

See also

• Smets, Dutch occupational surname with a different origin

References

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