Shenoy

Shenoy is a surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa in India.

The Shenoys were generally involved in administration of the city and temples.

The Saraswats migrated from Goa during the Muslim and Christian conquests during 1600, and carried their surname with them.

Thus the word 'शणै' is transliterated in Latin script as Shenoy in Karnataka and as Xennai, Shenoi, Shenai, Shenvi or even Sinai in Goa.

[5] Xennoi is less commonly used in the erstwhile Portuguese Goa and Damaon, but nowadays it has given way to Xennai today.