Pronunciation | English:
/ˈsoʊθ/
[1] Khmer: [sot] |
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Origin | |
Meaning | English: "truth", "justice" Khmer: "clean", "pure", "white" |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Sooth |
Soth is a surname in various cultures, as well as a given name in Southeast Asia.
As a Khmer name ( Khmer: សុទ្ធ, Sŏtth [sot]), Soth originates from a word meaning "clean", "pure", or "white". That word originated from Sanskrit śuddha. [2] The English surname Soth comes from Middle English soth meaning "truth" or "justice", and can be found in records in England dating back to the 13th century. [3]
The 2010 United States Census found 662 people with the surname Soth, making it the 34,272nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 621 (34,503rd-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In the 2010 census, slightly more than three-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, and one-third as White. [4]
Fictional characters:
SOTH, Lauren (Kephart), 1910–1998 ... Surname rhymes with 'both'.