Guth Family History
Guth Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German guot ‘good’ or ‘capable’ German and Yiddish gut. This may be a nickname but in the Middle Ages the term also denoted a freeman or a vassal of noble birth and the surname may be a status name from this sense. As a Jewish surname it is often artificial. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) Poland and Czechia. Compare Gut and Good .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022