(countable, uncountable) A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, perhaps originally a byname for a happy, smiling person.
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. 2025 December 14, Nada Tawfik, Pratiksha Ghildial, “'Everyone says it'll never be me' - Brown University student on surviving two mass shootings”, in BBC:
(countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
(countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named for William C. Smiley.
(countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.
(countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.