Given name & surname

Botha

Botha is a surname from Afrikaans. It is used in English and Afrikaans.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Botha comes from Afrikaans.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Afrikaans Botha.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Botha’s family of names

In English usage, Botha as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with BOTH. In Greek usage, Botha as a surname is a transliteration of Μπόθα.

Walk Botha’s family in the name graph

BothaΜπόθαBoth

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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