Trivedi is a Northern and Western Aryan family name from India [1] reflecting the mastery of a brahmin over three of the four vedas (including the Vedic Branch he was born into). Aryan (Brahmin) name from Sanskrit Trivedi ‘one that knows the three Vedas’, from tri = ‘three’ + veda ‘(sacred) knowledge’ leading to vedi = 'to see'.
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- Ami Trivedi, Indian television and theatre artist
- Amit Trivedi, Indian film composer, musician, singer and lyricist, working in Bollywood
- Arvind Trivedi, an Indian actor
- Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi, KCSI, Kt., CIE, OBE, ICS (1893–1981), Indian administrator and civil servant
- Dinesh Trivedi (born 1950), Indian politician from All India Trinamool Congress
- Gopal Krishna Trivedi, prominent Saraswat Brahmin of India
- Ira Trivedi, Indian novelist, yogini, entrepreneur, speaker and globe trotter
- Kranti Trivedi, one of the most prolific Hindi language writers of the past century
- Manan Trivedi (born 1974), physician, Iraq War veteran
- Priya Ranjan Trivedi (born 1950), Indian environmental scientist and Pro-Chancellor of The Global Open University Nagaland
- R. K. Trivedi, former Governor of Gujarat who served from 1986 to 1990
- Ramarshi Dev Trivedi (1905–1976), Indian independence activist
- Sandip Trivedi, Indian theoretical physicist working at Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Mumbai, India
- Sharda Rani Trivedi (died 1998), north Indian educator
- Siddharth Trivedi (born 1982), Indian cricketer who represents Gujarat
- Y. P. Trivedi, member of the Nationalist Congress Party of India
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