Goth, Göth (also Goeth) or Góth is a surname of

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and Hungarian origin. The German-language surname is a variant of

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

(also Göthe), which belongs to the group of surnames derived from given names, in this case given names in ''Got-'', in most cases likely ''

Gottfried Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) a ...

'' (c.f. ''

Götz Götz or Goetz () is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of '' Gottfried''. It remains in use as a short form of ''Gottfried'', but it has also become a surname. Surnames ;Goetz * Alphonse Goetz (1865-1934), French chess master * Arturo Goetz, ...

''). The name is comparatively rare; the German phonebook (as of 2013) has 179 entries for ''Göth'' and 28 entries for ''Goeth''.Göth (verwandt.de)

Notable people with the surname

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Elisabeth Goth Elisabeth Goth is a horse breeder, horse exhibitor, and businesswoman. She owns Elisabeth Goth,LLC in Kentucky and raises, shows and sells American Saddlebreds. She has won multiple awards and Championships in the horse industry. She is the vic ...

, American horse breeder and businesswoman *

Marie Goth Jessie Marie Goth (August 15, 1887, Indianapolis - January 9, 1975) was an American painter from Indianapolis, Indiana. Best known for her portraiture, Goth was the first woman to paint an official portrait of an Indiana governor ( Henry F. Sch ...

(1887–1975), American painter * Mia Goth (born 1993), English actress and model Göth or Goeth * Amon Göth (1908–1946), Austrian Nazi commandant of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp and executed war criminal **

Jennifer Teege Jennifer Teege (born 29 June 1970) is a German writer. Her maternal grandfather was German Nazi concentration camp commander and war criminal Amon Göth. Her 2015 book '' My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi ...

, née Göth (born 1970) daughter of Monika Hertwig *** , née Göth (born 1945) daughter of Amon Göth and subject of the 2006 documentary ''

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'' * (1898–1944), Austrian teacher and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime * (1803–1873), Austrian historian and naturalist * (born 1957), German composer * (1836–1926), German-American author Góth * (1873–1944), Hungarian painter, father of Sárika Góth * (1869–1946), Hungarian actor and director *

Sárika Góth Charlotte "Sárika" Góth (1900-1992) was a Hungarian-Dutch painter. Biography Góth was born on 29 March 1900 in Vienna, Austria to Hungarian parents. Over the course of her lifetime she lived in various parts of Europe including Paris, Budape ...

(1880–1953), Hungarian-Dutch painter, daughter of Móric Góth

Fictional characters

*Goth family, characters in '' The Sims'' video game franchise **

Bella Goth ''The Sims'' is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and it is one of the best-selling video game series of all time. The games ...

, a member of the family

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Notable people with the surname

Fictional characters

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