Meaning and Origin of: Seth

Seth is of Hebrew origin and means "Appointed one."

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Apppointed one

Boy name variations

Sethia

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu, Jain, and Parsi name found among several mercantile communities, from sẹth ‘merchant’, ‘banker’ in Hindi and neighboring languages (from Sanskrit šrẹṣthī, a term denoting the head of a mercantile or other guild). The Khatris of the Panjab have a clan called Seth.
  • Scottish and Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see Sheehy).