{{Use Indian English|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox tribe |name = Shergill |type = Jat clan |parent_tribe = Gill |language = Punjabi |religion = Sikhism |ethnicity = Punjabi |branches = Majithia |surnames = Shergill, Sher-Gill, Sher-Gil, Majithia |descended = Shergill }}
'''Shergill''' is a surname and clan of Jats, descending from the parent clan Gill.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Gill |first=Gurcharan Singh |title=Deeper Roots of the Gill, Bhatti, Sidhu, Brar, Tur, and Related Jat and Rajput Clans |publisher=Indian Family History Society |year=2008 |editor-last=Bunker |editor-first=Janice Gill |edition= |page=12 |chapter=CHAPTER 2: The Gill Clan - Section A. Indo-Scythian Origin |quote=The descendants of Gillpal use the family surname 'Gill'. There are many sub-castes such as Sher-Gill, Jhalli-Gill and so on.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=O'Brien |first=John |title=The Construction of Pakistani Christian Identity |publisher=Research Society of Pakistan |year=2006 |series=Research Society of Pakistan: Publication |volume=96 |pages=50 |quote=As well as being a Chuhra gotra , the Gill are an important zat of the Jat tribe based especially in the Lahore and Ferozepur districts. Their mythical ancestor Gill, was said to be the father of Shergill, the founder of another Jat clan.}}</ref> According to oral history, the founding progenitor of the clan was a man named Shergill, who was the son of Gill.<ref name=":1" />
The ruling house of the Nishanwalia Misl during the Sikh Confederacy was from this clan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Dr. Bhagat |title=A History of the Sikh Misals |publisher=Punjabi University |year=2009 |pages=169 |language=English}} {{Closed access}} </ref> The Majithia family also belong to this clan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rekhi |first=Gurnam Singh |url=https://gurmatveechar.com/books/English_Books/Sir.Sundar.Singh.Rekhi.by.Gurnam.Singh.%28GurmatVeechar.com%29.pdf |title=Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and His Relevance in Sikh Politics |publisher=Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=1999 |page=15 |quote=...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars.}}</ref> {{verify inline|date=June 2024}}
== List of notable people == Notable people bearing the name '''Shergill''' (or '''Sher-Gill'''), and who may or may not be related to the clan, include: * Avneet Shergill, US soccer player * Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter * Daljit Singh Shergill, UK Sikh leader * Dyal Singh Majithia founder of The Tribun''e'' and Punjab National Bank
* Jaiveer Shergill, Indian politician and lawyer * Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor and producer * Lehna Singh Majithia, Sikh polymath and father of Dyal Singh * Rabbi Shergill, Indian musician * Rubina Shergill, Indian actress
==See also== * Gill (name) * Gil (disambiguation)
==References == {{Reflist}}
{{surname|Shergill}} {{Gotras of Jats}} {{Ethnic and social groups of the Punjab}}
Category:Surnames of Indian origin Category:Punjabi-language surnames Category:Jat clans of Punjab