Suter (family name)
Suter is a family name.
Word origin
Sauter (spelling variant: Sautter ) and - without early New HighGerman diphthonging - Suter (spelling and pronunciationvariant: Sutter ) is an old German word for "seamstress, tailor, shoemaker", which died out in the 15th century and which isLatinvia Middle High German sûtære, Old High German sũtāri sūtor “Schuster, Schuhmacher” goes back.
Name bearer
- Alice Suter-Graf (1902–1992), Swiss organist
- Andreas Suter (* 1953), Swiss historian
- August Suter (1887–1965), Swiss sculptor
- Bernhard Suter (1933–2007), Swiss architect
- Bob Suter (1957-2014), American ice hockey player and coach
- Corinne Suter (* 1994), Swiss ski racer
- Ernst Suter (1904–1987), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Eskil Suter (* 1967), Swiss motorcycle racing driver, designer and entrepreneur
- Eveline Suter (* 1979), Swiss actress, singer and musical artist
- Fabienne Suter (* 1985), Swiss ski racer
- Fergus Suter (1857-1916), Scottish footballer and stone bat
- Franz Suter (1890–1914), Swiss cyclist
- Fridolin Suter (1863–1937), Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, honorary canon and honorary citizen of Bischofszell
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Suter (1733–1815), German lieutenant general
- Friedrich Suter (1870–1961, Fritz Suter) Swiss physician
- Gabriela Suter (* 1972), Swiss politician
- Gaël Suter (* 1992), Swiss cyclist
- Gary Suter (born 1964), American ice hockey player
- Hans Suter (* 1940), Swiss actor, author and satirist
- Hans Suter-Reck (1905–1991), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Hans-Rudolf Suter (1908–2001), Swiss architect
- Heinrich Suter (1848–1922), Swiss science historian
- Heiri Suter (1899–1978), Swiss racing cyclist
- Henry Suter (1841–1918), New Zealand naturalist
- Hermann Suter (1870–1926), Swiss composer and choir conductor
- Hugo Suter (1943–2013), Swiss artist
- Jacob Suter (1540–1610), German physician and Unitarian
- Jakob Suter (1805–1874), Swiss minor master
- Jasmina Suter (* 1995), Swiss ski racer
- Jeanette Attiger-Suter (1938–1987), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Joel Suter (* 1998), Swiss cyclist
- Johann Suter († 1539), German theologian, see Johann Sutter (theologian)
- Johann Suter (member of the government) (1798–1864), Swiss politician (liberal)
- Johann August Suter , real name of Johann August Sutter (1803–1880), American landowner of Swiss origin
- Johann Heinrich Suter (1862–1935), Swiss airship pioneer
- Johann Rudolf Suter (botanist) (1766–1827), Swiss botanist and doctor
- Johann Rudolf Suter (politician) (1845–1917), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Johannes Suter (1847–1912), Swiss veterinarian and politician (FDP)
- Julia Suter (* 1990), Swiss floorball player
- Juliana Suter (* 1998), Swiss ski racer
- Karin Suter-Erath (* 1970), Swiss wheelchair tennis player
- Karl Suter (Government Councilor) (1796–1842), Swiss Government Councilor
- Karl von Suter (1856–1929), German major general
- Karl Suter (1926–1977), Swiss actor, film director, screenwriter and writer
- Karl Friedrich Suter (1884–1952), Swiss art historian
- Lukas B. Suter (* 1957), Swiss playwright and theater director
- Marc F. Suter (1953-2017), Swiss lawyer and politician (FDP)
- Mark Suter (* 1967), Swiss percussionist
- Martin Suter (* 1948), Swiss writer
- Max Suter (1895–1936), Swiss cyclist
- Moritz Suter (* 1943), Swiss entrepreneur and pilot
- Patric Suter (* 1977), Swiss athlete
- Paul Suter (cyclist) (1892–1966), Swiss cyclist
- Paul Suter (geographer) (1899–1989), Swiss geographer, teacher and local researcher
- Paul Suter (sculptor) (1926–2009), Swiss sculptor
- Paul Suter (director) , Swiss theater director
- Peter Suter (politician, 1770) (1770–1847), Swiss politician
- Peter Suter (politician, 1808) (1808–1884), Swiss politician
- Peter Suter (politician, 1826) (1826–1897), Swiss politician
- Peter Suter (architect) (1914–1998), Swiss architect
- Pius Suter (* 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
- Richard Suter (1907–2002), Swiss officer and lawyer
- Robert Suter (1919–2008), Swiss composer and pianist
- Rudolf Suter , birth name of Rodolphe Soutter (1789–1866), Swiss politician
- Rudolf Suter (architect) (1871–1932), Swiss architect
- Rudolf Suter (politician) (1914–2011), Swiss politician (LdU)
- Rudolf Suter (Germanist) (1920–2011), Swiss Germanist
- Ryan Suter (born 1985), American ice hockey player
- Sabine Suter (* 1966), Swiss politician (SP)
- Sabine Sutter-Suter (* 1964), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Ulrich W. Suter (* 1944), Swiss chemist and university professor
- Urs Suter (* 1959), Swiss football player
- Vivian Suter (* 1949), Argentine-Swiss painter
- Wilhelm Suter (1806–1882), Swiss draftsman, engraver and stone printer
- Yvonne Suter (* 1977), Swiss politician (CVP)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning, edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 571; Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume VII, Column 1477, Article Sūter .