Given name & surname · also Dutch

Suter

“shoemaker”

Suter is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Suter goes back to Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī, meaning “shoemaker.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Suter comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle High German sūter, from Old High German sūtāri, from Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī (“shoemaker”), from Latin sūtor (“cobbler”), from Latin sūo (“sew, stitch”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Suter’s family of names

In English usage, Suter as a surname has a related form in Sutter. In German usage, Suter as a surname has a related form in Sutter. In German usage, Suter as a surname has a related form in SAUTER.

Walk Suter’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 5

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Latin

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