Sheth (also Seth) is an Indian surname, found in northern India and in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal.
It derives from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (IAST: śreṣṭhin), meaning "banker/head of a guild".
[1] It may also be a variant of the Western European surname Seth;[2] if Scottish or Irish,a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see Sheehy);[citation needed] or of the Indian surnames Shah[citation needed] or Shett.
[citation needed] Notable people with this surname include: