Across the world, Schmidt (Schmidt 
, Шмидт 
, シュミット 
, along with others...) is quite a rare largely masculine, but infrequently female first name. The given name Schmidt is characteristic of Germany, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Hungary, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Romania. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Germany, China, and the United States. Predominantly, Schmidt is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Schmidt | Brazil, Austria, United States, Denmark, Germany |
| Шмит, Шмидт | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| シュミット | Japan |
| שמידט | Israel |
Schmidt is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Schmidt , the operatic character in the opera Werther (Massenet); Schmidt , the operatic character in the opera Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano; a jailer at St. Lazare and Schmidt , the musical character in the musical Tenderloin by Jerry Bock; a corrupt police lieutenant.
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erasmus schmidt German philologist and mathematician, DE (b. 1570) |
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| erasmus schmidt German physician, DE (b. 1598) |
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| heřman schmidt Heřman Schmidt * 1610 , † 11. 3. 1678 , Brno (Brno-město) , Česká republika (Czech Republic) malířství sex: male (b. 1610) |
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| melchior schmidt DE (b. 1608) |
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| melchior schmidt DE (b. 1638) |
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| albrecht schmidt (German, 1667–1744), DE (b. 1667) |
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| wolff christoph schmidt DE (b. 1665) |
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christen schmidt Norwegian bishop, NO (b. 1727) |
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| wenzel samuel theodor schmidt Austrian painter (1692/1694-1756), CZ (b. 1693) |
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| lorenz schmidt German translator and theologian, DE (b. 1702) |
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| iacob friedrich schmidt DE (b. 1723) |
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| fredrich august schmidt (b. 1734) |
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| levin michael schmidt (b. 1740) |
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| gottlieb august schmidt (b. 1742) |
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| kaspar konrad benedikt schmidt preacher (1774–1818) (b. 1774) |
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