Sethi

Sethi (sometimes spelled Seth) is a surname that is found among the Khukhrain community of India.^[1]

Sethi is derived from the Sanskrit word "Sreshti" meaning the head of a mercantile.^[2]

The Sethis, being part of the Khukhrain group of Khatris, trace their lineage to the Chandravanshi (Lunar dynasty) and are regarded as descendants of King Pururavas, the progenitor of the Lunar line in Hindu tradition.^[3]

Notable people

• Akshay Sethi (born 1980), Indian television actor
• Aman Sethi (born 1983), Indian journalist and writer
• Ali Sethi, Pakistani singer and author
• Arjun Sethi (entrepreneur), Indian American entrepreneur, investor and executive
• Arjun Singh Sethi, Indian American civil rights writer and lawyer
• Geet Sethi, Indian billiards player
• Kiran Sethi, Indian police officer
• Mira Sethi Pakistani Actress.
• 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
• Prem Gopal "Biloo" Sethi, Indian golfer
• Parmeet Sethi, Indian actor
• Pramod Karan Sethi, Indian orthopaedic surgeon and coinventor of the Jaipur leg
• Rajeev Sethi, Indian art curator, scenographer and designer
• Rakesh Sethi, Indian banker
• 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
• Ricky J. Sethi, Indian-American computational scientist
• Suresh P. Sethi, American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model
• Vikas Sethi, Indian actor

See also

• Seti, a spelling variation
• Sethia (surname)
• Seth (surname)
• Sheth