Small

See also: small and smäll

English

Alternative forms

• Smale, Smales, Smalles, Smalls

Etymology

Inherited from Old English smæl (“small”). Compare Smail. First attested in the 1200s.

Proper noun

Small (plural Smalls)

1. A surname.
   • 2012 May 6, Eoghan Macguire, “Beauty trumps beast in conservation efforts”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “People have biases towards species that are glamorous,” said Dr. Ernie Small, author of the study and taxonomist for Agriculture Canada.

References

• P.H. Reaney (author) and R.M. Wilson (editor), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed., 1991; e-book ed., 2006), →ISBN (Master e-book), page 2,888

Further reading

• Small (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Smalls (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• malls