Roth

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

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

The first historical record of Roth appears in both Colchester and Essex public records in 1346.^[1]

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
• Al Roth (born 1951), Jewish-American economist
• 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

• Cecil Roth (1899–1970), British-Israeli historian
• Cecilia Roth (born 1958), Argentine actress
• 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
• Ernie Roth (1929–1983), American wrestling manager of heels
• 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
• Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth (1818–1892), German geologist and mineralogist

• Klaus Roth (born 1925), British mathematician
• Leonard Roth (1904–1968)), British mathematician
• Ludwig Roth (1909–1967), German rocket scientist

M-W

• Martin Roth (1917–2006), British psychiatrist
• Martin Roth (museum director) (born 1955), Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
• Marty Roth (born 1958), Canadian race car driver
• Matt Roth (born 1982), American football player
• Matt Roth (actor) (born 1964), American actor
• Michael Roth (born 1962), West German handball player

• Petra Roth (born 1944), German politician, mayor of Frankfurt
• Philip Roth (born 1933), American novelist
• Philipp Roth (1853–1898), German cellist

• Richard Roth (born 1955), American journalist

• 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

• Tim Roth (born 1961), English film actor and director

• Ulrich Roth (born 1954), German electric guitarist

• 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 (born 1916), American politician
• William V. Roth, Jr. (1921–2003), American lawyer and politician

See also

• Rothe

References

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