Zaveri

Zaveri is a often prestigious Gujarati and Sindhi family name, linked to jewellers and business.

Those associated with the Zaveri name are typically from high-class, well-educated backgrounds, connected with the wealth and success of the Indian precious metals trade.

The word "Zaveri" (also spelled Jhaveri) means jeweller, and is derived from the Arabic Javahari.^[1] Though not all people with surname Zaveri are jewellers by profession today, the surname indicates that their ancestors must have been jewellers.

Notable people with the name include:

• Shantidas Zaveri (c. 1580s–1659), influential Indian jeweler and merchant during the Mughal era
• Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri, who founded the eponymous jewelers
• Anjala Zaveri (born 1972), Indian actress
• Pankaj Manubhai Zaveri, Indian cricketer
• Ashna Zaveri, Indian actress
• Rakesh Jhaveri, Indian spiritual Guru