Re: Smilla
in reply to a message by Jagoda
Vaguely related: I used to know someone whose last name was Smillie, pronounced smiley. I made some comment along the lines of 'what a nice cheerful name' and he told me that his grandfather had changed it from Smellie - apparently at one point a fairly common Scottish surname!
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I’ve definitely met a few Smilies in my time - I wonder how many originated from Smellie!
My parents knew a couple of Edgecombes who had originally been Sidebottoms...