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Souter (/ˈsuːtər/, SOO-ter) is a Scottish surname derived from the Scots language term for a shoemaker. Notable people with the surname include:

• A nickname for any native inhabitant of the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders
• Alexander Souter (1873–1949), Scottish biblical scholar
• Brian Souter (born 1954), Scottish businessman
• Charles Henry Souter (born 1864), Australian poet
• Camille Souter (1929–2023), Irish painter
• David Souter (born 1939), former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• David Henry Souter (1862–1935), Australian artist and journalist
• John Bulloch Souter (1890–1972), a Scottish painter and sculptor
• Tom Souter (1912–?), Scottish footballer

See also

• Souter Lighthouse
• Soutar
• Suter

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler / shoemaker / cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	DeSutter/De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter Scheemaeckers, Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schuhmann, Schumaker, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Schuster, Shoemark, Schumann, Shumaker, Shoemaker,Shuster, Shuman, Shumann, Stiefel, Stiefl, Stifel
Romance	Surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar Sutor De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Callegari, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corvaisier, Le Sueur, Sabaté , Sabater Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero borrowings from Slavic: Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Cizmar/Čizmar/Čižmár/Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Szydło Kopitar
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler, Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

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