A Survey of English Bynames:
Bynames Ending in -smith

by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

© 2002-2012 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.3, updated 24 June 2012


Occupational Bynames Ending in -smith

The byname Smith also appears without a prepended element.

[metal (or color of a metal)] + smith [object] + smith
Blacksmith (works in iron)
Brownsmith (works in copper or brass)
Coppersmith
Goldsmith
Greensmith (works in lead or laten)
Rodesmith ('redsmith', works in gold?)
Whitesmith (works in tin)
Arrowsmith
Bladesmith
Camsmith
Hudsmith (Bardsley p. 405 s.n. Hudsmith) (uncertain)
Knifesmith
Locksmith
Nasmith?
Platesmith
Plousmith
Shearsmith
Shoesmith


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