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{{Infobox surname
| name          = Soth
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|s|oʊ|θ}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbA9IJve-RgC&q=%22rhymes+with+both%22|editor-first=Terrie M.|editor-last=Rooney|title=Contemporary Authors|volume=165|publisher=Gale Research International|year=1999|isbn=9780787620028|page=363|quote=SOTH, Lauren (Kephart), 1910–1998 ... Surname rhymes with 'both'.}}</ref><br />{{IPA|km|sot|lang}}
| meaning       = English: "truth", "justice"<br />[[Khmer language|Khmer]]: "clean", "pure", "white"
| variant      = Sooth
}}

'''Soth''' is a surname in various cultures, as well as a given name in [[Southeast Asia]].

==Origins==
As a [[Khmer name]] ({{langx|km|សុទ្ធ}}, {{Transliteration|km|Sŏtth}} {{IPA|km|sot|}}), Soth originates from a word meaning "clean", "pure", or "white". That word originated from Sanskrit {{lang|sa-Latn|[[Purity in Buddhism|śuddha]]}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-khmer.com/index.php?gcm=2&gword=%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%91%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%92|author1=Keo Chanbo|title=English-Khmer Dictionary|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> The [[English surname]] Soth comes from [[Middle English]] {{wikt-lang|enm|soth}} meaning "truth" or "justice", and can be found in records in England dating back to the 13th century.<ref name="Hanks">{{cite book|editor-first=Patrick|editor-last=Hanks|editor2-first=Richard|editor2-last=Coates|editor3-first=Peter|editor3-last=McClure|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780192527479|page=2492|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2492}}</ref>

==Statistics==
The [[2010 United States Census]] found 662 people with the surname Soth, making it the 34,272nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 621 (34,503rd-most-common) in the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]]. In the 2010 census, slightly more than three-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as [[Asian Americans|Asian]], and one-third as [[White Americans|White]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/?where=name^Soth&offset=0|title=How common is your last name?|newspaper=Newsday|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>

==Surname==
*[[Lauren K. Soth]] (1910–1998), American journalist
*[[Bob Soth]] (born 1933), American long-distance runner
*[[Soth Polin]] (born 1943), Cambodian writer
*[[Soth Sun]] (born 1946), Cambodian boxer
*[[Alec Soth]] (born 1969), American photographer

Fictional characters:
*[[Lord Soth]], in ''Dragonlance'' and ''Ravenloft''
*[[Norman Soth]], in the video game ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell''

==Given name==
*[[Soth Phetrasy]] (1915–2004), Lao Pathet official
*[[Chea Soth]] (1928–2012), Cambodian politician, MP for Prey Veng Province
*[[Mom Soth]], Cambodian actor

==See also==
*[[Wilhelm Söth]] (1903–1978), German general of World War II

==References==
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[[Category:Khmer-language names]]