| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Little Smeaton |
| Static Image: | Little Smeaton Bridge over the River Wiske. - geograph.org.uk - 1218064.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 54.4269°N -1.4616°W |
| Population: | 50 |
| Population Ref: | (2015 NYCC)[1] |
| Civil Parish: | Little Smeaton |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Vale of York |
| Post Town: | Northallerton |
| Postcode District: | DL6 |
| Postcode Area: | DL |
| Dial Code: | 01845 |
Little Smeaton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.
The name of Little Smeaton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Smidetun, Smidetune, and Smitune. The first attestation of the 'little' element is found two years later in the phrase 'in litle Smithetun' in the Durham Liber Vitae; this element distinguishes Little Smeaton from the neighbouring Great Smeaton. The name comes from the Old English words smiþ ('craftsman, smith') in its genitive plural form smiþa and tūn ('estate, village'). Thus the name once meant 'smiths' estate'.[2]