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'''Sethi''' (sometimes spelled Seth) is a surname that is found among the Punjabi Khatris of India .<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |language=en}}</ref> The surname is also found among [[Arora]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&q=dictionary+american+names+sethi |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |pages=325 |language=en}}</ref>
==Notable people==
Notable people with the surname Sethi include:


Sethi is derived from the Sanskrit word "Sreshta" meaning "Pure" or "Superior" . <ref>{{Cite book |last=Puri |first=Baij Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ&q=baij+nath+puri+sethi |title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study |date=1988 |publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dilagīra |first=Harajindara Siṅgha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRpuAAAAMAAJ&q=khukhrain+khatris |title=The Sikh Reference Book |date=1997 |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4 |language=en}}</ref>{{pn|date=March 2023}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Akshay Sethi]] (born 1980), Indian television actor
* [[Akshay Sethi]] (born 1980), Indian television actor
* [[Aman Sethi]], Indian journalist and writer
* [[Aman Sethi]] (born 1983), Indian journalist and writer
* [[Ali Sethi]], Pakistani singer and author
* [[Arjun Sethi (entrepreneur)]], Indian American entrepreneur, investor and executive
* [[Arjun Sethi (entrepreneur)]], Indian American entrepreneur, investor and executive
* [[Arjun Singh Sethi]], Indian American civil rights writer and lawyer
* [[Arjun Singh Sethi]], Indian American civil rights writer and lawyer
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* [[Kiran Sethi]], Indian police officer
* [[Kiran Sethi]], Indian police officer
* [[Mira Sethi]] Pakistani Actress.
* [[Mira Sethi]] Pakistani Actress.
* [[Najam Sethi]] Senior Pakistani Journalist and former Chief Minister of Punjab Province in Pakistan during a caretaker Government
* [[Najam Sethi]] Senior Pakistani Journalist and former Chief Minister of Punjab Province in Pakistan during a caretaker Government, Chairman of [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] in 2022
* [[Nargis Sethi]] Senior Pakistani civil servant
* [[Nargis Sethi]] Senior Pakistani civil servant
* [[P. G. Sethi|Prem Gopal "Biloo" Sethi]], Indian golfer
* [[P. G. Sethi|Prem Gopal "Biloo" Sethi]], Indian golfer
* [[Parmeet Sethi]], Indian actor
* [[Parmeet Sethi]], Indian actor
* [[Pramod Karan Sethi]], Indian orthopaedic surgeon and coinventor of the Jaipur leg
* [[Pramod Karan Sethi]], Indian orthopaedic surgeon and coinventor of the Jaipur leg
* [[Rajeev Sethi]], Indian art curator, scenographer and designer
* [[Rajeev Sethi]], Indian art curator, scenographer and designer
* [[Ramesh Sethi]], Kenyan cricketer
* [[Rakesh Sethi (banker)|Rakesh Sethi]], Indian banker
* [[Ram Sethi]], Indian actor-director-writer
* [[Ram Sethi]], Indian actor-director-writer
* [[Ramesh Sethi]], Kenyan cricketer
* [[Ramit Sethi]], American entrepreneur and self proclaimed personal finance adviser
* [[Ravi Sethi]], Indian computer scientist
* [[Ravi Sethi]], Indian computer scientist
* [[Ricky J. Sethi]], Indian-American computational scientist
* [[Ricky J. Sethi]], Indian-American computational scientist
* [[Simran Sethi]], American journalist, television producer and activist
* [[Suresh P. Sethi]], American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model
* [[Suresh P. Sethi]], American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model
* [[Vikas Sethi]], Indian actor
* [[Vikas Sethi]], Indian actor
* [[Zia Sarhadi]], Indian film director and screenwriter, born Fazle Qadir Sethi


==See also==
{{surname}}
*[[Seti (disambiguation)|Seti]], a spelling variation
*[[Sethia (surname)]]
*[[Seth (surname)]]
*[[Sheth]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


{{surname}}
[[Category:Indian surnames]]

[[Category:Pakistani names]]
[[Category:Pakistani names]]
[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category:Arora clans]]
[[Category:Arora clans]]
[[Category:Khatri surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames of Hindu origin]]

Latest revision as of 06:07, 8 January 2025

Sethi (sometimes spelled Seth) is a surname that is found among the Punjabi Khatris of India .[1] The surname is also found among Arora.[2]

Sethi is derived from the Sanskrit word "Sreshta" meaning "Pure" or "Superior" . [3][4][page needed]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
  3. ^ Puri, Baij Nath (1988). The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study. M.N. Publishers and Distributors.
  4. ^ Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. ISBN 978-0-9695964-2-4.