The spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic soldiers;
Ethnic name for an
Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot (meaning "red" before the 7th century), referencing red-haired people;
Topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), meaning a dweller in such a location;
Derivative from hroth (from the Proto-Germanic word for "fame"; related to hrod);
Local name for 18th-century
Ashkenazi refugees to Germany;
Derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king;
Of the red colour of clay, as in pottery (German).
Note: Roth is not originally a Hebrew surname. Its origins are in northern Europe, and it is a common name in Scotland and other English-speaking countries as well as in German-speaking countries. For historic reasons, the Jewish people adopted various established names, many of which were common amongst non-Jewish people in their respective countries.
The first English-language historic record of the surname 'Roth' appeared in the United Kingdom in
Colchester and
Essex public records in 1346.[1]
This page lists people with the
surnameRoth. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
The spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic soldiers;
Ethnic name for an
Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot (meaning "red" before the 7th century), referencing red-haired people;
Topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), meaning a dweller in such a location;
Derivative from hroth (from the Proto-Germanic word for "fame"; related to hrod);
Local name for 18th-century
Ashkenazi refugees to Germany;
Derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king;
Of the red colour of clay, as in pottery (German).
Note: Roth is not originally a Hebrew surname. Its origins are in northern Europe, and it is a common name in Scotland and other English-speaking countries as well as in German-speaking countries. For historic reasons, the Jewish people adopted various established names, many of which were common amongst non-Jewish people in their respective countries.
The first English-language historic record of the surname 'Roth' appeared in the United Kingdom in
Colchester and
Essex public records in 1346.[1]
This page lists people with the
surnameRoth. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.