Smellie Explained

Smellie is a surname of Scottish origin, and may be pronounced "smiley". Smellie is the 191,485th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,312,521 people. The surname Smellie occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Smellie live; 42 percent live in Caribbean and 42 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.^[1] People with that name include:

• Hon. Anthony Smellie (born 1952), Jamaican-born Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands
• Bob Smellie (1867–1951), Scottish footballer for Queen's Park and Scotland
• Elizabeth Lawrie Smellie (18841968), Canadian nurse
• Gavin Smellie (born 1986), Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter
• Hugh Smellie (184091), Scottish engineer
• Jean Smellie (1927–2020), British paediatrician
• Martin Smellie (1927–1988) Scottish biochemist
• Robert Smellie (19232005), Canadian politician
• Robert Smellie (footballer) (1890s), Scottish footballer for Sunderland and Walsall
• Thomas Smellie (politician) (18491925), Canadian doctor and politician
• Thomas Smellie (minister), Presbyterian minister and educator in South Australia in the 1860s
• William Smellie (encyclopedist) (174095), Scottish master printer, naturalist, antiquary, editor and encyclopedist
• William Smellie (geologist) (1885–1973) Scottish geologist
• William Smellie (obstetrician) (16971763), Scottish obstetrician

Other uses

• Mauriceau–Smellie–Veit maneuver, an obstetric or emergent medical maneuver utilized in cases of breech delivery
• Point Smellie, a headland dominated by Smellie Hill in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• Smellie's Building, a heritage-listed warehouse in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

See also

• • Smillie
• Smelley

Notes and References

1. News: Mr J. L. Young's School . . LV . 16,846 . South Australia . 12 October 1912 . 19 March 2019 . 20 . National Library of Australia.