Jhaveri is an Indian surname, common among Sindhis and Gujarati banias. The word "Jhaveri" (also spelled Zaveri or Javeri) means jeweler, and is derived from the Arabic ''Javahari''. Though not all people with surname Jhaveri are jewellers by profession, the surname indicates that their ancestors must have been jewelers. People with surname Jhaveri: * Shantidas Jhaveri (c. 1580s–1659), influential Indian jeweler and merchant during the Mughal era *

Umar Hajee Ahmed Jhaveri Umar Hajee Ahmed Jhaveri was a Memon Indian South African businessman. It was a court case concerning him that brought Mahatma Gandhi to South Africa. Hajee Ahmed assisted Gandhi in setting up the South African Indian Congress The South Afric ...

, Indian-South African businessman *

Krishnalal Jhaveri Diwan Bahadur Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri (30December 186815June 1957) was an Indian writer, scholar, literary historian, translator, and judge from Gujarat, India. His works have been published in Gujarati, English, and Persian. Jhaveri served as ...

(1868–1957), India writer and judge *

Darshana Jhaveri Darshana Jhaveri (born 1940), the youngest of the four ''Jhaveri sisters'', is a leading Indian exponent of Manipuri dance, an Indian classical dance, Indian classical dance form. She is a disciple of Guru Bipin Singh, and started performing on ...

(b. 1940), Indian Manipuri dancer * Dileep Jhaveri (b. 1943), Gujarati poet from India *

Rakesh Jhaveri Rakesh Jhaveri, also known as Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai and Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, (born 26 September 1966) is a spiritual leader, mystic, scholar of Jainism, author and orator from India. Spiritually inclined from a young age, he is a f ...

(b. 1966), Jain spiritual leader from India * Anjala Zaveri, Indian-British actress * Ankita Jhaveri, Indian actress *

Mansukhlal Jhaveri Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri (1907–1981) was a Gujarati language poet, critic, and literary historian of the Gandhian era. He was deeply interested in classical Sanskrit poetry and authored ''History of Gujarati Literature'' (1978). Jhaveri had ...

(1907–1981), Gujarati poet and critic *

Jinal Jhaveri Jinal Belani (also known as Jhinal Belani) is an Indian actress who primarily works in the Gujarati film industry. She is born and brought up in Mumbai, India. Personal life Jhinal did her graduation in Mass media from Mithibai College and t ...

, Technology Entrepreneur and Venture Investor

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{{surname Surnames of Indian origin Gujarati people

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