Family name origins & meanings
- Indian (Goa) : Hindu (Brahman) name found among the Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmans, who are originally from Goa but are now found in larger numbers in coastal Karnataka. The name is from Konkani šẹnəy ‘accountant’, ‘clerk’, from Sanskrit senāpati ‘commander of an army’ (from senā ‘army’ + pati ‘lord’).