as a Last Name
- 2,123
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Seth
Meaning & Origins
Indian (northern states): Hindu, Jain, and Parsi name found among several mercantile communities, from seṭh ‘merchant’, ‘banker’ in Hindi and neighboring languages (from Sanskrit šreṣṭhī, a term denoting the head of a mercantile or other guild). The Khatris of the Panjab have a clan called Seth.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,123
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Seth per capita
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