Jaitly

Jaitelys are originally from Pir Panjal region of Jammu and Kashmir but are now found in Amritsar, Lahore, Rawalpindi and other areas of erstwhile west Punjab, Uttarakhand and some in Jammu region, but now are spread all over northern India. Jaitleys are part of Punjati Saraswat Brahmins of Punjab region. Mostly the gotra of Jaitly is Vatsa gotra from the sage Brahmarishi Bhrigu sections of gotra.

There are several other ways of spelling the name, including Jaiteley, Jaitli, Jetly, Jatley and Jetli.

The early 20th century book by H. A. Rose, A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, summarized the variety of families and tribes of Vedic origin at the time. The late 19th century book by Jogendra N. Bhattacharya, "Hindu Castes and Sects" also gives the historical details of this Brahmin family. Jaitly family history shows they have also remained as great astrologers . their family tree has traces of pandit Billu Mishr and Pandit Chittu Mishr of serving in the court room of Maharaja Ranjeet singh . This family of astrologers has a great continuing legacy till date and are based in Delhi .