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In early America, the name Seth was often given to a child born after the death of a sibling, like the Biblical Seth who was born after the death of his brother Abel.

Personal experiences with the name Seth

• My husband and I named our third child Seth, and I associate the name as youthful, adventurous, and full of mischief! I love our little Seth!
• I wanted a Bible name and Seth was a nice name but yet not common. Our son loves his name
• Seth is my father’s name. We don’t always have a great relationship but I love him.

Nicknames for Seth

Sether
Sethy
Sethers
Sethery
Sethtopher

Meanings and history of the name Seth

Hebrew origin. Means "appointed" (Eve gave birth to Seth as a third son, the first and second being Cain and Abel. When Cain slew Abel, Eve believed God "appointed" her Seth).

Sete means otter in Old French (from ancestry.com)

Set /sɛt/ or Seth (/sɛθ/; also spelled Setesh, Sutekh, Setekh, or Suty) is a god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). Set is not, however, a god to be ignored or avoided; he has a positive role where he is employed by Ra on his solar boat to repel the serpent of Chaos Apep. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the black (soil) land. (from Wikipedia)

Famous real-life people named Seth

• Seth MacFarlane (American screenwriter, animator, actor, comedian, producer and singer)
• Seth Green (American actor, comedian, and producer)
• Seth Rogen (Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer)
• Seth Meyers (American actor and comedian, SNL)
• Seth Godin (American entrepreneur)
• Seth Rudetsy (American Broadway actor and musician)
• Seth Gold ( Reality T.V Star, Hardcore Pawn)
• Seth Dusky (Child voice actor)

Seth in song, story & screen

• Seth Rollins, WWE wrestler (real name Colby Lopez)
• Seth is the name of one of the sons of Adam and Eve in the Bible
• Seth Cohen (TV show 'The O.C.,' 2003-2007)
• Seth Morgan (Melissa Marr's 'Wicked Lovely' book series)
• Seth was a boy on Beethoven's 2nd movie.
• Seth Clearwater, a werewolf in the Twilight series

• Jake T. Austin's character in New Year's Eve
• Seth Mandla Morari (Zimbabwean Billionaire)