Smeets is a
Limburgian
Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg and in the neig ...
surname (or more broadly,
Dutch surname
Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific.
Dutch given names
A Dutch child's birth and given name(s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not u ...
) meaning
smith
Smith may refer to:
People
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland
** List of people wi ...
(metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the
Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium.
People bearing the Smeets surname
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Axel Smeets (b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager
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Bryan Smeets (b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder
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Felix Smeets
Felix Smeets (29 April 1904 – 14 March 1961) was a Dutch association football, footballer who earned 14 caps for the Netherlands national football team, Dutch national side between 1927 and 1927, scoring 7 goals. He was also part of the Netherla ...
(1904–1961), Dutch football striker
* (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian
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Ionica Smeets
Ionica Smeets (born 8 October 1979) is a Dutch mathematician, science journalist, columnist, television presenter and professor in science communication at Leiden University.
Biography
Ionica Smeets was born in Delft, where she completed her pr ...
(b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter
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Jan Smeets
Jan Smeets (born 5 April 1985) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Dutch Chess Champion.
Playing record
2004 was the year that his participation in senior tournaments began to yield encouraging results. He finished in second place i ...
(b. 1985), Dutch chess player
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Jorg Smeets (b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder
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Jorrit Smeets (b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder
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Joseph Smeets (b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist
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Lucian Smeets
Dr. Lucian Smeets was a Belgian stamp forger operating around the early 1900s.
Smeets used a sophisticated method of taking an original stamp with the correct perforations, paper and watermark for the one he wished to forge, fading out the printi ...
(fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger
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Mart Smeets
Jan Marten “Mart” Smeets (born 11 January 1947, in Arnhem) is a Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist.
Television
Mart Smeets is a long-time sports presenter and commentator with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS. He is ...
(b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist
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Martine Smeets
Martine Smeets (born 5 May 1990) is a Dutch handballer who plays as a left wing for Liga Națională club CSM București and previously the Dutch national team.
International honours
*EHF Cup:
**''Finalist'': 2017
*World Championship:
**''Gol ...
(b. 1990), Dutch handball player
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Minke Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player, wife of Tjerk
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Pauline Smeets (b. 1959), Dutch Labour Party politician
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Robert Smeets
Robert Smeets (born 10 November 1985) is an Australian retired professional tennis player. Though born in the Netherlands, Smeets moved to Australia aged 12 and took residency.
Personal life
Smeets has two sisters, called Karin and Cheyenne. H ...
(b. 1985), Australian tennis player
* (b. 1964), Dutch jeweler
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Tjerk Smeets (b. 1980), Dutch baseball player, son of Mart Smeets, husband of Minke
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Michele Rocco Smeets (b. 1984), Belgian actor and game developer, AKA Mike "The Spike" Smith.
See also
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Smets, Dutch occupational surname with a different origin
References
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Dutch-language surnames
Limburgian surnames
Occupational surnames
Culture of Limburg (Netherlands)