Given name & surname

Seto

Seto is a surname from Cantonese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Seto comes from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Seto’s family of names

In English usage, Seto as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 瀬戸.

Walk Seto’s family in the name graph

Seto瀬戸

The ring: across languages.

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

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