Sethi (sometimes spelled Seth) is a surname that is found among the
Khukhrain
The Khukhrain or Khokhrain is a sub-group composed of eight clans of the Khatri caste that originally hailed from the areas of the Salt Range.
History
The Khukhrains spread over Khushab, Dhune Kheb, Chakwal, Pind Dadan Khan, Peshawar, Nowshera D ...
community of India.
Sethi is derived from the Sanskrit word "Sreshti" meaning the head of a mercantile.
Minor Greek ancestry in Khuhkrains from the
Indo-Greek Kingdom
The Indo-Greek Kingdom, also known as the Yavana Kingdom, was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic-era Ancient Greece, Greek kingdom covering various parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India.
The term "Indo-Greek Kingdom" ...
shows
Hellenistic
In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...
links, with Sethi and
Sethianism
The Sethians (Greek language, Greek: Σηθιανοί) were one of the main currents of Gnosticism during the 2nd and 3rd century AD, along with Valentinianism and Basilideans, Basilideanism. According to John D. Turner, it originated in the 2n ...
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Notable people
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Akshay Sethi (born 1980), Indian television actor
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Aman Sethi
Aman Sethi is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the editor-in-chief of openDemocracy.
Sethi was editor-in-chief of HuffPost India until it ceased operations in November, 2020. He is known for his debut ''A Free Man'', a work of narrative rep ...
(born 1983), Indian journalist and writer
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Ali Sethi, Pakistani singer and author
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Arjun Sethi (entrepreneur), Indian American entrepreneur, investor and executive
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Arjun Singh Sethi, Indian American civil rights writer and lawyer
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Geet Sethi, Indian billiards player
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Kiran Sethi, Indian police officer
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Mira Sethi Pakistani Actress.
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Najam Sethi Senior Pakistani Journalist and former Chief Minister of Punjab Province in Pakistan during a caretaker Government, Chairman of
Pakistan Cricket Board
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), formerly known as Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP), is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan ...
in 2022
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Nargis Sethi Senior Pakistani civil servant
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Prem Gopal "Biloo" Sethi, Indian golfer
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Parmeet Sethi, Indian actor
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Pramod Karan Sethi, Indian orthopaedic surgeon and coinventor of the Jaipur leg
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Rajeev Sethi, Indian art curator, scenographer and designer
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Rakesh Sethi, Indian banker
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Ram Sethi, Indian actor-director-writer
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Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer
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Ramit Sethi
Ramit Singh Sethi (born June 30, 1982) is an American author, entrepreneur, and media personality. He is the author of the 2009 ''New York Times'' Best Seller, '' I Will Teach You to Be Rich'', host of the ''I Will Teach You To Be Rich'' podcast ...
, American entrepreneur and self proclaimed personal finance adviser
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Ravi Sethi, Indian computer scientist
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Ricky J. Sethi, Indian-American computational scientist
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Suresh P. Sethi, American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model
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Vikas Sethi, Indian actor
See also
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Seti
Seti or SETI may refer to:
Astrobiology
* SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
** SETI Institute, an astronomical research organization
*** SETIcon, a former convention organized by the SETI Institute
** Berkeley SETI Research Cent ...
, a spelling variation
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Sethia (surname)
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Seth (surname)
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Sheth
Sheth (also Seth) is an Indian surname, found in northern India and in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal. It derives from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (), meaning "banker/head of a guild".
It may also be a variant of the Wes ...
References
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Pakistani names
Surnames of Indian origin
Punjabi tribes
Arora clans
Khatri surnames
Punjabi-language surnames
Surnames of Hindu origin