Soth is a surname in various cultures, as well as a given name in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
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Origins
As a
Khmer name ( km, សុទ្ធ, ), Soth originates from a word meaning "clean", "pure", or "white". That word originated from Sanskrit . The
English surname
English names are names used in, or originating in, England.
In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) famil ...
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 ...
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 lightness, lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully diffuse reflection, reflect and scattering, scatter all the ...
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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, United States, he is the son of a ...
(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 (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