Souter

Souter is a Scottish surname derived from the Scots language term for a shoemaker, and may refer to:

• A nickname for any native inhabitant of the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Scottish Borders
• Alexander Souter, Scottish biblical scholar
• Brian Souter, Scottish businessman
• Camille Souter, Irish painter
• David Souter, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• David Henry Souter, Australian artist and journalist

See also

• Souter Lighthouse
• Suter

Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler/shoemaker/cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schumaker, Shoemaker, Schoemaker, Shoemark, Schuster, Shuster (from Schuster), Knef Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers, Schoonmaker
Romance	Germanic language surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar Sutor DeSutter, De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corviser, Corvisier, Le Sueur, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic)
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Čizmar, Čižmár, Cizmar, Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov, Sapozhnik, Bashmachnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Kopitar
Other	"Sandlar" (סנדלר) ("sandal-maker"): HaSandlar, Sandler, Zandler Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia