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'''Amit''' is a male name of [[India|Indian]] or [[Israel|Israeli]] origin. |
'''Amit''' is a male name of [[India|Indian]] or [[Israel|Israeli]] origin. It is statistically estimated that two in ten people in india have this very name. |
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In [[Hindi]], Amit ({{lang-hi|अमित}}, means '''infinite''' or '''boundless''', {{lang-bn|অমিত}}) originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''{{IAST|amita}}'' (अमित:), <ref>http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=amita&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=</ref> ''{{IAST|amita}}'' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ''{{IAST|mita}}'' (मित), which means "to measure".<ref>http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=mita&direction=SE&link=yes&choice=yes</ref> |
In [[Hindi]], Amit ({{lang-hi|अमित}}, means '''infinite''' or '''boundless''', {{lang-bn|অমিত}}) originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''{{IAST|amita}}'' (अमित:), <ref>http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=amita&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=</ref> ''{{IAST|amita}}'' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ''{{IAST|mita}}'' (मित), which means "to measure".<ref>http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=mita&direction=SE&link=yes&choice=yes</ref> |
Revision as of 11:50, 21 December 2018
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Hindi, Marathi, Hebrew, Bengali, Punjabi, Bhojpuri |
Amit is a male name of Indian or Israeli origin. It is statistically estimated that two in ten people in india have this very name.
In Hindi, Amit (Hindi: अमित, means infinite or boundless, Bengali: অমিত) originates from the Sanskrit word amita (अमित:), [1] amita (अमित:) essentially is the negation of mita (मित), which means "to measure".[2]
In Hebrew, Amit (Hebrew: עמית) means friend. The word appears in the Bible in a context suggesting such a meaning.[3]In Israel, It is being increasingly used as a male name and sometimes also for female name .[4] Nevertheless, it is still among the most popular names given to secular Jewish boys in Israel.[5]
Given name
- Amit Farkash (born 1989), Israeli actress and singer
- Amit Inbar (born 1972), Israeli Olympic competitive windsurfer, and kitesurfer
- Amit Ivry (born 1989), Israeli Olympic swimmer and national record holder
- Amit Kilam, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary fusion music band from India
- Amit Kulilay, birth name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
- Amit Kumar (born 1952), Indian singer}
- Amit Kumar (wrestler) (born 1993), Indian wrestler
- Amit Kumar Saroha (born 1985), Indian discus thrower
- Amit Kumar (doctor)
- Amit Kumar (Bangladeshi cricketer) (born 1988), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Amit Kumar (Indian cricketer) (born 1989), Indian cricketer
- Amit Kumar (cricketer, born 1996), Indian cricketer
- Amit Kumar (academic) (born 1976)
- Amit Lang (born 1970), Israeli judoka
- Amit Madheshiya, Indian photographer and filmmaker, director of The Cinema Travellers
- Amit Mehta (born 1971), United States District Judge
- Amit Mishra (born 1982), Indian cricketer
- Amit Mishra (singer), Indian singer and songwriter
- Amit Munjal, founder and CEO of Doctor Insta and former CFO of Citi Holdings
- Amit Nimade (born ), Indian Photographer
- Amit Patel, Indian-American cardiac surgeon*
- Amit Rai, Indian film director
- Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
- Amit Sana, India singer who finished second in the Indian Idol contest in 2005
- Amit Simhon, Israeli basketball player
- Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
- Amit Shah (born 1964), Indian politician from Gujarat and the current president of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
- Amit Sharma (born 1966), Indian cricketer
- Amit Shukla, Kenyan cricketer
- Amit Singhal, Senior Vice President and software engineer at Google
- Amit Singh, Indian cricketer
- Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player
- Amit Tamir (born 1979), Israeli basketball player
- Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage, Shri Lankan politician
- Amit Trivedi (born 1979), Indian film music director and singer
- Amit Yadav (born 1989), Indian cricketer
Surname
- Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
- Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), Israeli children books author
- Uri Amit
- Daniel Amit
- Yitzchak Amit
- Amit Pathak
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Amit
- AMIT, an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
- Amita (disambiguation), feminine form
References
- ^ http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=amita&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=
- ^ http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=mita&direction=SE&link=yes&choice=yes
- ^ Strong, James. Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible. Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. *** For further information, see H5997 (p. 1552)
- ^ "- nrg - ... :".
- ^ Simply-Smart. "בחירת שם לתינוק , שמות לילדים , שמות לתינוקות לפי הקבלה , שמות לבנים".