Soth is a surname in various cultures, as well as a given name in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
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Origins
As a
Khmer name
Cambodian names (or Khmer names; ) are names used or originating in Cambodia which usually consist of two elements including a patronymic, which serves as a common family name for siblings, followed by a given name (i.e. following the Eastern n ...
(, ), Soth originates from a word meaning "clean", "pure", or "white". That word originated from Sanskrit . The
English surname
English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England.
In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of one or more given names, commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly ...
Soth comes from
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English pe ...
meaning "truth" or "justice", and can be found in records in England dating back to the 13th century.
Statistics
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
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
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Surname
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Lauren K. Soth
Lauren Kephart Soth (October 2, 1910 – February 9, 1998) was an American journalist and recipient of the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
Biography
Soth was born October 2, 1910, in Sibley, Iowa, Sibley, Iowa, United States, he is t ...
(1910–1998), American journalist
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Bob Soth (born 1933), American long-distance runner
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Soth Polin (born 1943), Cambodian writer
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Soth Sun (born 1946), Cambodian boxer
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Alec Soth
Alec Soth (born 1969) is an American photographer, based in Minneapolis. Soth makes "large-scale American projects" featuring the midwestern United States. ''New York Times'' art critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic care ...
(born 1969), American photographer
Fictional characters:
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Lord Soth
Lord Soth, the Knight of the Black Rose, is a fictional character appearing in the fantasy realms of ''Dragonlance'' and later ''Ravenloft''. He is depicted as a death knight and fallen Knight of Solamnia from the world of Krynn.
Development
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, in ''Dragonlance'' and ''Ravenloft''
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Norman Soth, in the video game ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell''
Given name
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Soth Phetrasy (1915–2004), Lao Pathet official
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Chea Soth (1928–2012), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province
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Mom Soth, Cambodian actor
See also
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Wilhelm Söth (1903–1978), German general of World War II
References
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Khmer-language names