Smeets is a
Limburgian 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 (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
Bryan George Jeffrey Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club RWDM.
Club career
He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He is best kno ...
(b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder
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Felix Smeets (1904–1961), Dutch football striker
* (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian
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Ionica Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter
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Jan Smeets (b. 1985), Dutch chess player
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Jorg Smeets
Jorg Smeets (born 5 November 1970, in Bussum) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attac ...
(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 (fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger
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Mart Smeets (b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist
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Martine Smeets (b. 1990), Dutch handball player
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Minke Smeets
Minke Smeets (''née'' Smabers; born 22 March 1979 in The Hague, South Holland) is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands. Her current team is Laren.
She was part of the team that won the 2007 Champions Troph ...
(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. ...
(b. 1985), Australian tennis player
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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
Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael.
Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...
(b. 1984), Belgian actor and game developer, AKA Mike "The Spike" Smith.
See also
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Smets Smets is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a common name in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Flemish Brabant (11,000 people in 1998Despite its similarity to the Dutch surnames Smet, Smits, and Smeets, each equivalent to Smith, Smets (somet ...
, Dutch occupational surname with a different origin
References
{{surname, Smeets
Dutch-language surnames
Limburgian surnames
Occupational surnames
Culture of Limburg (Netherlands)