Németh

Németh (Hungarian: [ˈneːmɛt] ^ⓘ) is a Hungarian surname. In Hungarian, német means "German" (it is a variation of the word "néma", meaning "does not speak"; often used to describe the condition of being "mute". In this context, the German-speaking person "does not speak" the local language of Hungarian, or alternatively/previously/simultaneously, Slavic, as the word is thought to derive from a Slavic language);^[1] the h is a remnant of obsolete Hungarian spelling, as frequently found in names, especially in families of noble origin. Alternate spellings include "Nemeth", "Neimeth", "Német", "Nemath", "Namath", "Nameth", "Nemet".^[2] Notable people with the name or its variants include:

Németh

• Angéla Németh (1946–2014), Hungarian track and field athlete
• Dániel Németh (photographer) (born 1975), Hungarian photographer
• Gyula Németh (1890–1976), Hungarian linguist
• Gyula Németh (1959–2023), Hungarian athlete
• Helga Németh (born 1973), Hungarian handball player
• Imre Németh (1917–1989), Hungarian athlete, mainly hammer throw
• János Németh (1906–1988), Hungarian water polo player
• John Németh (born 1975), American blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
• Károly Németh (disambiguation), several people
• Krisztián Németh (born 1989), Hungarian football player
• László Németh (1901–1975), Hungarian writer
• Miklós Németh (born 1948), Hungarian politician
• Miklós Németh (sportsman) (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic javelin throw
• Noémi Németh (born 1986), Hungarian hammer thrower
• Pál Németh (1937–2009) Hungarian athlete and coach for hammer throw, father of Zsolt Németh
• Roland Németh (born 1974), Hungarian runner
• Sándor Németh (1925–1993), Hungarian swimmer
• Szilárd Németh (born 1977), ethnic Hungarian professional Slovak footballer
• Virág Németh (born 1985), Hungarian professional tennis player
• Zsolt Németh (born 1971), Hungarian hammer thrower, son of Pál Németh
• Zsuzsanna Németh (born 1953), Hungarian politician

Nemeth

• Abraham Nemeth (1918–2013), American mathematician and inventor
• David Nemeth (born 2001), Austrian football player
• Evi Nemeth (1940–2013), American engineer, author and teacher
• Nick Nemeth (born 1980), American professional wrestler better known as Dolph Ziggler
• Ryan Nemeth (born 1985), American professional wrestler (brother of Nick)
• Patrik Nemeth (born 1992) Swedish professional ice hockey player
• Steve Nemeth (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
• Steve Nemeth (gridiron football) (1922–1998), American player of gridiron football
• Christopher Nemeth (1959–2010), British fashion designer

Namath

• Joe Namath (born 1943), American football quarterback

Német/Nemet

• Istvan Nemet (1942–2015), New Zealand association footballer
• László Német (born 1956), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade
• Klaus-Peter Nemet (born 1953), German football coach
• Marina Nemet (1960–2010), Croatian actress