Mehta Family History
Mehta Name Meaning
Indian (Gujarat Rajasthan Punjab and Mumbai): Vania Brahmin Khatri Jain Parsi and Sikh name meaning ‘chief’ in several modern Indian languages from Sanskrit mahita ‘praised great’ (from mah- ‘to praise or magnify’). In Gujarati it has come to mean ‘teacher or accountant’; teachers and accountants were respectfully so addressed in Gujarat. The Oswal and Porwal Banias and the Punjabi Khatris also have clans called Mehta.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022