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Shenoy is a surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa in India.[1] It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community following Smartha Sampradaya of Kavale Matha or Madhva Sampradaya of either Gokarna Matha or Kashi Matha.[2]
Some Brahmin Christian families of South Canara have reverted to their pre-conversion surnames like Shenoy.[3]
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There are two theories about the origin of Shenoy or Shenvi.
The Shenoys were generally involved in administration of the city. The word 'Shenoy' itself means a writer.[3] GSBs were administrators of the temples. The word 'Shenoy' is also interchangeable with its counterpart 'Shanbhag'
The Saraswats migrated from Goa during the Muslim and Christian conquests during 1600, and carried their surname with them.Shenoy is derived from old Konkani word šeṇəy.Thus the word 'शणै' is transliterated in Latin script as Shenoy in Karnataka and as Xennai, Shenoi, Shenai, Shenvi or even Sinai in Goa.[3] Xennoi is less commonly used in the erstwhile Portuguese Goa and Damaon, but nowadays it has given way to Xennai today.[5]
It was common in Goa for Shenoys and other Saraswats to add the name of their ancestral village or title after Shenoy to denote their origin.[6]
The following is a list of notable people with the surname Shenoy or Shanbhag.
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