Smiley

See also: smiley

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsmaɪli/

Noun

Smiley (plural Smileys)

1. Synonym of Samoyed (a breed of dog)

Proper noun

Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)

1. A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, perhaps originally a byname for a happy, smiling person.
   • 2025 December 14, Nada Tawfik, Pratiksha Ghildial, “'Everyone says it'll never be me' - Brown University student on surviving two mass shootings”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     At a press conference on Sunday, the mayor of Providence, Brett Smiley, was asked what could be done to stop the "uniquely American experience" of mass shootings on campuses.

2. A placename.
   1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
   2. A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named for William C. Smiley.
   3. A city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Smellie, Smylie, Smyly, Smilie

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Smiley is the 1812^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19829 individuals. Smiley is most common among White (62.45%) and Black/African American (30.74%) individuals.

Anagrams

• slymie, slimey, limeys, Limeys, Smylie, milsey

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English smiley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaɪ̯liː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Smiley n or m (strong, genitive Smileys, plural Smileys)

1. a simplified ideogram representing human facial expressions, especially a smiling or laughing face

Declension

Declension of Smiley [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Smiley	die	Smileys
genitive	eines	des	Smileys	der	Smileys
dative	einem	dem	Smiley	den	Smileys
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Smiley	die	Smileys

Further reading

• “Smiley” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Smiley” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Smiley” in Duden online
• Smiley on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de