Blyth (surname)

Blyth is a surname of Scottish origin. It is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "blithe", meaning a happy or cheerful person.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alan Blyth (1929–2007), English musicologist
 * Alan Blyth (artist) (c. 1921 – 1953), English painter
 * Ann Blyth (born 1928), American actress
 * Sir Arthur Blyth (1823–1890), thrice Premier of South Australia
 * Benjamin Blyth (1819–1866), Scottish civil engineer
 * Benjamin Blyth II (1849–1917), son of the above, also a civil engineer
 * Bob Blyth (1870–1941), Scottish football player and manager
 * Chay Blyth (born 1940), Scottish yachtsman
 * Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist
 * Gavin Blyth (1969–2010), English television producer and journalist
 * George Blyth (died 1914), Anglican Bishop
 * James Blyth (1839–1906), Scottish electrical engineer
 * James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth (1841–1925), British businessman
 * Sir James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington (born 1940), British businessman
 * Jim Blyth (footballer, born 1890), Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC)
 * Jim Blyth (footballer, born 1911), Scottish footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City, St Johnstone)
 * Jim Blyth (footballer, born 1955), Scottish football goalkeeper (Coventry City, Scotland)
 * John Blyth (died 1499), Bishop of Salisbury
 * Len Blyth, Wales international rugby player
 * Mark Blyth (born 1967), Scottish political scientist and professor at Brown University.
 * Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964), English translator of and writer about haiku, and interpreter to the West of Asian culture
 * Robert Henderson Blyth (1919–1970), Scottish landscape painter and artist
 * Tom Blyth (born 1995), English actor