Seth (given name)

Seth
Pronunciation	/ˈsɛθ/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"To Set" "To Place" "To Give"
Region of origin	Eretz Israel

Seth is a masculine given name, tracing its origin to the biblical figure Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve. The English form is derived from the Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), ultimately from the Hebrew שֵׁת (Šēt).

Notable people with the name include:

Sports[edit]

Seth Ablade (born 1983), Ghanaian soccer player
Seth Abner (born 1995), American Call of Duty eSports player; known by his gamertag, Scump
Seth Adams (born 1985), American football player
Seth Beer (born 1996), American baseball player
Seth Blair (born 1989), American baseball player
Seth Coleman (born 2000), American football player
Seth Collins (born 1996), American football player
Seth Curry (born 1990), American basketball player
Seth Enslow (born 1975), American motorcyclist
Seth Etherton (born 1976), American baseball player
Seth Greenberg (born 1956), American basketball coach
Seth Greisinger (born 1975), American baseball player
Seth Griffith (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
Seth Jarvis (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player
Seth Johnson (born 1979), retired former England international footballer
Seth Joyner (born 1964), American football player
Seth Kimbrough (born 1982), American BMX rider
Seth Lugo (born 1989), American baseball player
Seth Marler (born 1981), American football player
Seth Martinez (born 1994), American baseball player
Seth McLaughlin, American college football player
Seth Roland (born 1957), American soccer player and coach
Seth Stammler (born 1981), American soccer player
Seth Wescott (born 1976), American snowboarder

Arts and literature[edit]

Seth (born 1962), pseudonym of American comics artist Gregory Gallant
Seth Abramson (born 1976), American poet
Seth Flynn Barkan (born 1980), American poet
Seth Cardew (1934–2016), British potter
Seth Eastman (1808–1875), American painter
Seth Fisher (1972–2006), American comic book artist
Seth Mnookin (born 1972), American writer
Seth Morgan (novelist) (1949–1990), American novelist

Entertainment[edit]

Seth Adkins (born 1989), American actor
Seth Avett (born 1980), American singer
Seth Bingham (1882–1972), American organist
Seth Binzer (born 1974), American musician
Seth Carr (born 2007), American actor
Seth Ennis (born 1992), American singer
Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor
Seth Gilliam (born 1968), American actor
Seth Green (born 1974), American actor
Seth Herzog (born 1970), American comedian
Seth Holt (1923–1971), British film director
Seth Horan, American bass guitarist
Seth Kinman (1815–1888), early settler and a nationally recognized entertainer
Seth Lakeman (born 1977), English folk singer
Seth MacFarlane (born 1973), American television producer
Seth Meyers (born 1973), American actor and comedian
Seth Putnam (1968–2011), American vocalist
Seth Rogen (born 1982), Canadian actor
Seth Sakai (1932–2007), American actor
Seth Sentry (born Seth Gabriel Marton; 1983), Australian rapper and singer
Seth Troxler (born 1985), American electronic music producer
Seth Fedelin (born 2002), Filipino actor, model, singer and dancer

Politics and military[edit]

Seth Barton (1829–1900), American general
Seth W. Brown (1841–1923), American politician
Seth Bullock (1849–1919), American sheriff
Seth Wallace Cobb (1838–1909), American politician
Seth Govind Das (1896–1974), Indian politician
Seth Hammett (born 1946), American politician
Seth Harding (1734–1814), American naval officer
Seth Hastings (1762–1831), American politician
Seth Jermy (1653–1724), British naval officer
Seth Jones (born 1972), American political scientist
Seth Low (1850–1916), American politician
Seth Obeng (born 1945), Ghanaian general
Seth Sendashonga (1951–1998), Rwandan politician
Seth Warner (1743–1784), American soldier
Seth P. Waxman (born 1951), American lawyer

Science[edit]

Seth Berkley (born 1956), American epidemiologist
Seth Scott Bishop (1852–1923), American laryngologist
Seth Boyden (1788–1870), American inventor
Seth Lover (1910–1997), American inventor
Seth Roberts (1953-2014), American psychologist
Seth Shostak (born 1943), American astronomer

Journalism[edit]

Seth Davis (born 1970), American sports journalist
Seth Doane (born 1978), American reporter
Seth Godin (born 1960), American author
Seth Goldman (television reporter), American entertainment reporter and producer
Seth Lipsky (born 1946), American newspaper editor

Religion[edit]

Seth Farber (born 1966), American rabbi
Seth Joshua (1858–1925), Welsh Revival Evangelist

Pseudonym[edit]

Seth (cartoonist) (born 1962), pen name of Canadian cartoonist Gregory Gallant
Patryk "Seth" Sztyber, guitarist of Polish metal band Behemoth
Seth Rollins (born 1986), ring name of American professional wrestler Colby Lopez

Fictional characters[edit]

Major Seth Adams, a character in the western television series Wagon Train
Seth, a character in the 2012 American comedy movie Wanderlust
Seth Armstrong, a character in the British television series Emmerdale
Seth Brundle, a character in the 1986 film The Fly
Seth Clearwater, a werewolf in the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer
Seth Cohen, a character in the television series The O.C.
Seth Davis, a character in the 2000 film Boiler Room
Seth Garin, a character in the 1996 novel The Regulators by Richard Bachman
Seth Gecko, a criminal in the 1996 film From Dusk till Dawn
Seth Hazlitt, a character in the television series Murder, She Wrote
Seth Lord, a character in the play and film The Philadelphia Story
Seth Nightroad, a empress of the Methuselahs in the anime series Trinity Blood
Seth Pecksniff, a character in the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit
Seth Sorenson, a character in the Fablehaven series of novels by Brandon Mull
Seth Starkadder, a character in the 1932 novel Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Seth, a character in the television series Di-Gata Defenders
Seth (Phantasy Star IV), a character from the video game Phantasy Star IV
Seth (Stargate), a character in the television series Stargate SG-1
Seth (The King of Fighters), a character in the game series The King of Fighters
Seth, playable character in the 2004 video game Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones
Seth, an advanced computer in Universal Soldier: The Return which controls many things including a team of universal soldiers.