Shetty

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Shetty is a surname originating from Karnataka state of India.^[1] The word Shetty is derived from the Sanskrit word Śreṣṭha (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठ) or Śreṣṭhin (Devanagari: श्रेष्ठीन्) meaning superior, Prakritised as Seṭhī (Devanagari: सेठी), and then Śeṭ (Devanagari: शेट) or Śeṭī (Devanagari: शेटी) in modern Indo-Aryan dialects.^[2]

Notable people[edit]

Notable people with the surname Shetty, include:

A. B. Shetty (1883–1960), politician and philanthropist
Ajit Shetty (born 1946), Indian-Belgian entrepreneur
Anushka Shetty (born 1981), actress
B. R. Shetty (born 1942), entrepreneur
B. Vithal Shetty, American scientist
Balkrishna Shetty (born 1950), diplomat
Chandan Shetty, music artist
Dayanand Shetty (born 1969), actor, model and entrepreneur
Devi Shetty, philanthropist and cardiac surgeon
Gurukiran Shetty, music director
Jay Shetty, motivational speaker
K. K. Shetty (1901–?), journalist
K Madhukar Shetty (1971-2018), IPS officer
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty (1926–2015), former judge, Supreme Court of India
Krithi Shetty (born - 2003), Indian actress
M. B. Shetty (1938–1982), Indian choreographer and actor
Manmohan Shetty, entrepreneur
Manohar Shetty, Goa based poet
Prakash Shetty (born 1960), cartoonist
R. N. Shetty (born 1928), Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist
Rakshit Shetty, Indian actor and film director
Reshma Shetty (born 1977), British-American actress and singer
Rishab Shetty, Indian actor and film director
Rohit Shetty, film director
Salil Shetty (born 1961), Secretary General of Amnesty International
Sanam Shetty (born 1988), actress
Sanchita Shetty, actress
Shamita Shetty (born 1979), interior designer, former actress and model
Shashi Kiran Shetty (born 1959), former chairman of Allcargo Logistics
Shilpa Shetty (born 1975), actress
Shweta Shetty (born 1969), Indian-German based singer
Srinidhi Shetty, Indian Model & Kannada Film Actress
Sudarshan Shetty (born 1961), artist
Suniel Shetty (born 1961), actor, producer and entrepreneur
V. P. Shetty, Indian banker
Yagna Shetty, Kannada actress

References[edit]

↑ LLC, Books; LLC, General Books (May 2010). Tuluv: Beary, Bunt, Mogaveera, Nayak, Billava, Tuluva, Kodagu Gowda, Bhuta Kola, Sthanika Brahmins, Shivalli Brahmins, List of Tulu People. General Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-155-84815-0.
↑ Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti, Part-1, Page-221 by B.D. Satoskar, Shubhada Publication

This page lists people with the surname Shetty.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

[1] LLC, Books; LLC, General Books (May 2010). Tuluv: Beary, Bunt, Mogaveera, Nayak, Billava, Tuluva, Kodagu Gowda, Bhuta Kola, Sthanika Brahmins, Shivalli Brahmins, List of Tulu People. General Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-155-84815-0.

[2] Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti, Part-1, Page-221 by B.D. Satoskar, Shubhada Publication

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