The smail Surname
smail Name Meaning and History
- Scottish and northern English: variant of Small.
- English: habitational name from a lost place in eastern Sussex named Smeghel, from Old English smeagel ‘burrow’, or from Brooksmarle (now Broxmead) in Sussex (named with Old English brocc ‘badger’ + smeagel).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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