Shetty
Appearance
This is a article about a Bunt surname and should not be confused with similar sounding surnames like sethi,shetti,setty etc used by other Indian castes and alternatively spelled the same way
Shetty is an Indian surname used typically by the Bunt people,who inhabit or hail from Coastal Karnataka and parts of northern Kerala.It is anglicised from the Tulu word Shetray which means nobility.
It may also refer to the following people who use it as a last name
- A.B. Shetty, Founder of Vijaya Bank
- Ajit Shetty, businessman
- Anushka Shetty, actress
- Balkrishna Shetty , Indian diplomat
- B. Nagaraja Shetty , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka
- B. R. Shetty,Business Tycoon
- B. Subbayya Shetty , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka ,Janata Party President (Karnataka State)
- B. Vittaldas Shetty , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka
- Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty ,Author
- Dayanand Shetty,Actor
- Devi Prasad Shetty, physician
- I. M. Jayarama Shetty,politician
- J. V. Shetty, Indian Banker
- Kalidas Shetty,Scientist
- K. K. Shetty,Politician
- K. Amarnath Shetty , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka
- Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty,Former Justice of Supreme Court of India
- Manmohan Shetty,Founder Adlabs
- Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty ,Indian banker
- Namita Shetty, Model
- Nitesh Shetty,Indian Businessman
- Neeta Shetty ,Actress
- Prakash Shetty, cartoonist
- Reshma Shetty, actress
- R. N. Shetty,Businessman
- Rohit Shetty, filmmaker
- Sadhu Shetty,gangster
- Salil Shetty,Secretary General,Amnesty International
- Sanjeev Shetty, British Journalsit
- Satish Shetty,Indian Social activist
- Shamita Shetty, actress
- Sharad Shetty,gangster
- Shashi Kiran Shetty,Indian businessman
- Shilpa Shetty, actress
- Shweta Shetty, singer
- Sudarshan Shetty , Indian artist sculptor
- Suniel Shetty, actor
- Suresh Shetty,Minister Maharashtra state Government,India
- Vijith Shetty,Footballer
- Vikrant Shetty , Cricketer
- V. P. Shetty: Former Chairman of IDBI Bank,UCO Bank and Canara Bank
Place
Shetty is also a shortening of Shuttleworth, Shettleworth or Shottleworth in the United Kingdom