Sheth

Sheth (also Seth) is an Indian surname, found in northern India and in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal. It derives from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (IAST: śreṣṭhin), meaning "banker/head of a guild".^[1]

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It may also be a variant of the Western European surname Seth;^[2] if Scottish or Irish,a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see Sheehy);^{[citation needed]} or of the Indian surnames Shah^{[citation needed]} or Shett.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people with this surname include:

• Brian Sheth (born 1975), American businessman
• Jagdish Sheth (born 1938), professor at Emory University
• Sheetal Sheth (born 1976), American actress
• Vatsal Sheth (born 1980), Bollywood actor