Seth Family History

Indian (northern states): variant of Sheth. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a pit from Middle English sethe ‘pit hole’ (Old English sēath). English: perhaps also from the Old Testament Biblical personal name Seth from a word meaning ‘appointed’ in Hebrew.

Scottish (Fife): Anglicized form of any of several surnames based on the Gaelic personal name Sitheach (see Shaw).

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms named Set from Old Norse setr ‘farmstead dwelling’. In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Sæth.