Németh is a Hungarian

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. In Hungarian, ''német'' means "German" (the word has Slavic origin, literally meaning "he does not speak", since German is not a Slavic language); the ''h'' is a remnant of obsolete Hungarian spelling, as frequently found in names, especially in families of noble origin. Alternate spellings include "Nemeth", "Neimeth", "Német", "Nemath", "Namath", "Nameth", "Nemet" and "Nimitz". The name is also common in Austria and Germany. It is an uncommon

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. People with the name or its variants include:

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Angéla Németh Angéla Németh (18 February 1946 – 5 August 2014) was a Hungarian track and field athlete, known as Angéla Ránky after her marriage. In competing for her native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, she won the gold ...

(born 1946), Hungarian track and field athlete * Dániel Németh (born 1975), Hungarian photographer * Gyula Németh (born 1890), linguist * Gyula Németh (born 1959), athlete *

Imre Németh Imre Németh (23 September 1917 in Košice, Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia) – 18 August 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. He ...

(1917 – 1989), Hungarian athlete, mainly hammer throw *

János Németh János Németh (June 12, 1906 in Budapest – March 5, 1988 in Madrid, Spain) was a Hungary, Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was part of the Hungarian team w ...

(1906 – 1988), Hungarian water polo player *

John Németh John Németh (born March 10, 1975) is an American electric blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter. He has received two Blues Music Awards for Soul Blues Male Artist in 2014 and Soul Blues Album in 2015. He has recorded ten albums sin ...

(born 1975), American blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter *

Károly Németh (disambiguation) Károly Németh can refer to: * Károly Németh (judoka) (born 1957), Hungarian judoka * Károly Németh (politician) Károly Németh (14 December 1922 – 12 March 2008) was a Hungarian political figure born in Páka. He served as th ...

, several people *

Krisztián Németh Krisztián Németh (; born 5 January 1989) is a Hungarian professional footballer who currently plays for Hungarian club MTK Budapest. Club career Born in Győr, Németh started his career at hometown club ETO Győr where he played from 2003 ...

(born 1989), Hungarian football player * László Németh (1901 – 1975), Hungarian writer * Miklós Németh (born 1948), Hungarian politician * Miklós Németh (sportsman) (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic javelin throw *

Noémi Németh Noémi Németh (born 7 April 1986) is a Hungarian hammer thrower. She finished ninth at the 2005 World Athletics Final. Her personal best throw is 64.09 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Szombathely. See also *List of hammer throwers This is ...

(born 1986), Hungarian hammer thrower * Pál Németh (1937 – 2009) Hungarian athlete and coach for hammer throw, father of Zsolt Németh *

Roland Németh Roland Németh (born 19 September 1974 in Szombathely, Vas) is a Hungarian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved ...

(born 1974), Hungarian runner *

Sándor Németh Sándor Németh (8 August 1925 – 7 December 1993) was a Hungarian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships. He competed in the same event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Su ...

(1925-1993), Hungarian swimmer * Szilárd Németh (born 1977), ethnic Hungarian professional Slovak footballer * Virág Németh (born 1985), Hungarian professional tennis player * Zsolt Németh (born 1971), Hungarian hammer thrower, son of Pál Németh *

Zsuzsanna Németh Lászlóné Németh or Zsuzsanna Németh ( née ''Zsuzsanna Serényi''; born 16 July 1953 in Budapest), Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development in Viktor Orbán's government between 23 December 2011 and ...

(born 1953), Hungarian politician ;Német *

László Német Ladislav Nemet ( sr-cyr, Ладислав Немет, hu, Német László; born September 7, 1956) is the Serbian Roman Catholic prelate who has been the Archbishop of Belgrade since November 2022. Before that, he was the Bishop of Zrenjanin betw ...

(born 1956), a Societas Verbi Divini monk ;Nemeth *

Abraham Nemeth Abraham Nemeth (October 16, 1918 – October 2, 2013) was an American mathematician. He was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. Nemeth was blind and is known for developing Nemeth Braille, a system for ...

(born 1918), American mathematician and inventor *

Evi Nemeth Evi Nemeth (born June 7, 1940 – missing-at-sea June or July, 2013) was an engineer, author, and teacher known for her expertise in computer system administration and networks. She was the lead author of the "bibles" of system administration: ' ...

(1940–2013), American engineer, author and teacher *

Nick Nemeth Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian. He is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Dolph Ziggler, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand. After a prolific ca ...

(born 1980), American professional wrestler better known as Dolph Ziggler *

Ryan Nemeth Ryan Nemeth (born November 4, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, writer, actor, and comedian who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his appearances under the ring name Briley Pierce in WWE, where he wr ...

(born 1985), American professional wrestler (brother of Nick) *

Patrik Nemeth Patrik Geza Nemeth (born February 8, 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with SC Bern of the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). Nemeth was selected in the second round, 41st overall, by ...

(born 1992) Swedish professional ice hockey player *

Steve Nemeth Steve Nemeth (born February 11, 1967) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played 12 NHL games for the New York Rangers. He was part of the Canadian team that was disqualified from the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 1987 World ...

(born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player *

Steve Nemeth (gridiron football) Steve Joseph Nemeth (December 10, 1922 – March 27, 1998) was an American football quarterback who played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Chicago Rockets and Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the ...

(1922–1998), American player of gridiron football *

Christopher Nemeth Christopher Nemeth was a British fashion designer who became established in London in the 1980s, before relocating to Tokyo in 1986. He was particularly renowned for his wearable art designs. Early life Born Christopher Louis Nemeth in Birmingh ...

(1959–2010), British fashion designer ;Namath *

Joe Namath Joseph William Namath (; ; born May 31, 1943) is a former American football quarterback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the New York Jets. He played college foot ...

(born 1943), American football quarterback ;Nemet *

Istvan Nemet Istvan Nemet ( hu, Németh István) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. National Youth Career: 1954–1957 Yugoslavia Serbia – National caps = 5 – National goals = 15 Istvan Ste ...

(born 1942), New Zealand association footballer *

Klaus-Peter Nemet Klaus-Peter Nemet (born 9 December 1953) is a German football coach who works as assistant coach at SC Weiche Flensburg 08. He was the manager of St. Pauli at the end of the 1996–97 season when they were relegated from the Bundesliga. The cl ...

(born 1953), German football coach *

Marina Nemet Marina Nemet (7 June 1960 – 11 December 2010) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actress. Biography Nemet was married to actor Slavko Brankov between 1984 and 2004, with whom she had a daughter Tena, who is also an actress (b. 1994).< ...

(1960-2010), Croatian actress ;Nimitz *

Chester W. Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in C ...

US Navy Admiral. Namesake of the USS Nimitz

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