Nasmyth
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nasmyth is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Occupational surname meaning ‘knifesmith’ or ‘cutler’; Adam Nasmith at Brechin died c.1420.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CRCosta Rica
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Occupational surname meaning ‘knifesmith’ or ‘cutler’; Adam Nasmith at Brechin died c.1420.
Sources 1
- Scottish Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nasmyth is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OE nafa + smiþ; first attested Hugh Nasmith 1277 IpmY
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alexander Nasmythb. 1758GBBritish artist based in Edinburgh (1758-1840)
- Patrick Nasmythb. 1787GBScottish painter (1787-1831)
- Jane Nasmythb. 1788GBScottish painter (1788–1867)
- Barbara Nasmythb. 1790Scottish painter
- Margaret Nasmythb. 1791Scottish painter
- Elizabeth Nasmythb. 1793GBScottish designer
- Anne Nasmythb. 1798GBScottish artist (1798–1874)
- Charlotte Nasmythb. 1804GBScottish painter (1804–1884)
- James Nasmythb. 1808GBScottish mechanical engineer and inventor (1808–1890)
- Kim Nasmythb. 1952GBBritish biochemist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 33 | #65,961 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 5 | #7,950 |
| GB United Kingdom | Scottish Surnames (Ross, 1994) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nasmyth mean, and where does it come from?
- Occupational surname meaning ‘knifesmith’ or ‘cutler’; Adam Nasmith at Brechin died c.1420. Recorded by Scottish Surnames.
- In which country does Nasmyth have the most bearers?
- Nasmyth is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nasmyth”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.