Släkthistoria för Smile
Smile Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English smile ‘smile’ for a cheerful person or perhaps ironically for a grumpy person. Compare Adam Smyler 1379 in Poll Tax (Ecclesfield WR Yorks). Some of the early bearers given here may alternatively belong with (2). perhaps a variant of Smale. However the change in the vowel would be irregular. variant of Smiles with loss of final -s.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
