Soter Family History
Soter Name Meaning
American shortened (and altered) form of Greek patronymics such as Soteriades Soteriou Soteropoulos Sotiriou and Sotiropoulos derived from the personal name Sōtērios modern pronunciation Sotiri(o)s an adjectival form meaning ‘redeeming saving’ based on the vocabulary word sōtēr ‘savior redeemer’ and referring to Christ (compare Italian Salvatore ). Compare also Sotir . Hungarian (Sótér): perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a cheesemaker from Middle High German schotte ‘cheese’ or an occupational name for a maker of wooden plates and troughs from Middle High German schotteler or for a peddler from Middle High German schotte (see Schott ). German: variant of Sotter a topographic name from Middle High German sōt ‘spring well’. Slovak (Šótér): from a Slavicized form of Hungarian Sótér (see 2 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
