Given name & surname · also Middle English

Goth

“to pour”

Goth is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Goth goes back to a word meaning “to pour.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Goth comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Gothes, from Old English Gotan, from Late Latin Gothi, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Goth, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Göte

Göte is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Swedish.

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Germanic

Gozberht

“Geat” · “bright”

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Germanic

Poth

“pool, puddle”

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Germanic

Tóth

“foreign, strange”

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Germanic

Gault

“boar”

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Gozperaht

“a Geat” · “bright”

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Germanic

Golmar

“power, authority”

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Germanic

Gamuth

“mind, courage”

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Sibling ideas

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