Nemeth Family History
Nemeth Name Meaning
Hungarian (Németh): ethnic name from Hungarian német ‘German’ a loanword from Slavic languages (see Nemec ). This form of the surname is also common in some of the neighboring countries especially in Slovakia and Austria. Compare Nameth and Nemet . Jewish (from Hungary; Németh): from Hungarian német ‘German’ (see 1 above) denoting a migrant from Germany. Alternatively an adoption of 1 as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used surname Deutsch .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022