Goth, Göth (also Goeth) or Góth is a surname of German and Hungarian origin.
The German-language surname is a variant of Goethe (also Göthe), which belongs to the group of surnames derived from given names, in this case given names in Got-, in most cases likely Gottfried (c.f. Götz). The name is comparatively rare; the German phonebook (as of 2013) has 179 entries for Göth and 28 entries for Goeth.
Notable people with the surname
Goth
- Elisabeth Goth, American horse breeder and businesswoman
- Marie Goth (1887–1975), American painter
- Mia Goth (born 1993), English actress and model
Göth or Goeth
- Amon Göth (1908–1946), Austrian Nazi commandant of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp and executed war criminal
- Jennifer Teege, née Göth (born 1970) daughter of Monika Hertwig
- Monika Hertwig [de], née Göth (born 1945) daughter of Amon Göth and subject of the 2006 documentary Inheritance
- Jennifer Teege, née Göth (born 1970) daughter of Monika Hertwig
- Eduard Göth [de] (1898–1944), Austrian teacher and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- Georg Göth [de] (1803–1873), Austrian historian and naturalist
- Martin Göth [de] (born 1957), German composer
- Ottilie Goeth [de] (1836–1926), German-American author
Góth
- Móric Góth [hu] (1873–1944), Hungarian painter, father of Sárika Góth
- Sándor Góth [hu] (1869–1946), Hungarian actor and director
- Sárika Góth (1880–1953), Hungarian-Dutch painter, daughter of Móric Góth
Fictional characters
- Goth family, characters in The Sims video game franchise
- Bella Goth, a member of the family
See also
References
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