Roth (surname)

This article is about the surname Roth. For other uses, see Roth.

Roth

Origin
Word/name	Britain, Germany, Ashkenasic Jews
Meaning	"red", or "wood", or "renown"
Other names
Related names	Reitman, Roiter, Roitman, Roter, Rothchilds, Rothe, Rotheman, Rother, Rothert, Rothman, Rothmann, Rothchild, Rothschild, Rothwell, Rott, Rottman, Rothin

Roth is an English, German, or Jewish origin surname. There are seven theories:

1. the spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic Deutsch soldier
2. ethnic name for an Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot (meaning "red" in pre-7th century), referencing red-haired people.
3. topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), referencing a dweller in such a location.
4. derivative from hroth (from the Proto-Germanic word for "fame"; related to hrod).
5. locale name for 18th century Ashkenazi refugees to Germany.
6. derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king.
7. of the red colour of clay, as in pottery (Deutsch)

Note: Roth is not a Hebrew surname. Its origins are in the Northern Hemisphere, and it is a common name in Scotland and other English speaking countries as well as in German speaking countries. For historical reasons, the Jewish people merely adopted various established names, many of which were common amongst non-Jewish people in their respective countries.

The first English-language historical record of the surname 'Roth' appeared in the United Kingdom in Colchester and Essex public records in 1346.

People with the surname Roth

People with the surname Roth include:

A-F

• Aharon Roth (1894–1947), Hasidic rabbi
• Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834), German physician and botanist
• Alice Roth (1905 – 1977), Swiss mathematician
• Alvin E. Roth (aka Al Roth) (born 1951), American economist
• Alvin Roth (1930s–?), American basketball player
• Alvin Roth (bridge) (1914–2007), American bridge player
• Andrew Roth (1919–2010), British political biographer
• Ann Roth (born 1931), American costume designer
• Arnie Roth, American musician
• Arnold Roth (born 1929), American cartoonist
• Asher Roth (born 1985), American rapper
• Bruce Roth (born 1954), American chemist
• Carl Roth (b. c. 1910 – 19??), American professional basketball player and coach
• Cecil Roth (1899–1970), British-Israeli historian
• Celso Roth (born 1957), Brazilian football (soccer) coach
• Claudia Roth (born 1955), German politician
• Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 1953), German lawyer and politician
• Daniel Roth (organist) (born 1942), French organist
• Daniel Roth (writer), financial journalist and senior writer at Wired magazine
• David Roth (born 1952), American magician
• David Lee Roth (born 1954), American, original and present lead singer of Van Halen
• Dieter Roth (1930–1998), German-born Swiss printmaker and mixed-media artist
• Ed Roth (1932–2001), American artist and cartoonist
• Eli Roth (born 1972), American film director, producer, writer and actor
• Emery Roth (1871–1948), Hungarian-American architect
• Eric Roth (born 1945), American screenwriter
• Erich Roth (SS officer) (born 1910 in Auschwitz – executed in 1947 in Yugoslavia), SS and Gestapo officer
• Ernie Roth (1929–1983), American wrestling manager of heels
• Ernst Roth (1896–1971), Austrian-British music publisher
• Ernst Heinrich Roth (1877–1948), German violinmaker
• Esther Roth-Shahamorov (born 1952), Israeli track and field athlete
• Eugen Roth (1895–1976), German lyricist and poet
• Frederick Roth (1872–1944), American sculptor and animalier
• Friederike Roth (born 1948), German writer

G-L

• Gabrielle Roth, American musician, "urban shaman"
• Gerhard Roth, (several people)
• Heinrich Roth (1620–1668), German missionary
• Henry Roth (1906–1995), American novelist and short story writer
• Henry Ling Roth (1855–1925), English-born anthropologist, active in Australia
• J. D. Roth (born 1968), American TV personality, actor, children's game show host, TV voice-over performer, TV reality show producer
• Jane Richards Roth (born 1935), American federal judge
• Joanna Roth (born 1965), Danish-born actress
• Joe Roth (born 1948), American entertainment executive, producer and film director
• Joe Roth (American football) (c. 1955–1977), American college football player
• Joel Roth (born ?), American rabbi
• Johannes Roth (1815–1858), German zoologist
• John Andrew Roth (born 1942), Canadian CEO of Nortel
• Joseph Roth (1894–1939), Austrian novelist
• Jürgen Roth (born 1945), German publicist and investigative journalist
• Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth (1818–1892), German geologist and mineralogist
• Klaus Roth (born 1925), British mathematician
• Leah Lenke Roth (1918–2012), Israeli swimwear fashion designer
• Leonard Roth (1904–1968), British mathematician
• Lurline Matson Roth (1890–1985), American heiress, equestrian, philanthropist
• Ludwig Roth (1909–1967), German rocket scientist

M-W

• Mark Roth (born 1951), American pro bowler
• Martin Roth (1917–2006), British psychiatrist
• Marty Roth (born 1958), Canadian race car driver
• Matt Roth (born 1982), American football player
• Matt Roth (actor) (born 1964), American actor
• Michael Roth (disambiguation), multiple people
• Miriam Roth (1910–2005), Israeli writer and scholar of children's books, kindergarten teacher, and educator
• Petra Roth (born 1944), German politician, mayor of Frankfurt
• Philip Roth (born 1933), American novelist
• Philipp Roth (1853–1898), German cellist
• Richard Roth (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sanford H. Roth (1906―1962), American photographer
• Stephen John Roth, United States federal judge
• Stephan Ludwig Roth (1796―1849), Transylvanian Saxon intellectual, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor
• Steven Roth, real estate investor and founder of Vornado Realty Trust
• Thomas Roth (born 1951), German news television presenter
• Tim Roth (born 1961), English film actor and director
• Trudi Roth (1930–2016), Swiss actress.
• Ulrich Roth (born 1954), German electric guitarist
• Veronica Roth (born 1988), American novelist and short story writer
• Vladimír Roth, Czech ice hockey player
• Walter Roth (1861–1933), English Ethnologist in Australia
• Werner Roth (comics) (1921–1973), American comic book artist
• Werner Roth (soccer) (born 1948), American soccer player
• William M. Roth (1916–2014), American politician
• William V. Roth, Jr. (1921–2003), American lawyer and politician
• Yechezkel Roth, rabbi

See also

• Rothe