Sheth
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Sheth (also Seth) is an Indian surname, found in northern India and in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal. It derives from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् ({{IAST3|śreṣṭhin}}), meaning "banker/head of a guild".{{cite web |title=Sheth Last Name Facts |url=https://forebears.io/surnames/sheth |website=Forebears |accessdate=20 February 2020}}
It may also be a variant of the Western European surname Seth;{{cite web |title=Sheth Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=sheth |website=ancestry.co.uk |accessdate=20 February 2020}} if Scottish or Irish,a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see Sheehy);{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} or of the Indian surnames Shah{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} or Shett.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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