Amit

Amit is a common first name for men in Nepal, India and Israel. Amit means infinite or immeasurable or boundless in Sanskrit and is one of the 108 names of Hindu God Ganesha. In Hebrew it means a friend. The popularity of famous Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan also known as Amit or Big B, is usually credited for making the name hugely popular in India.

Other notable people with the name include-

• Amit Bhandari an Indian cricketer, having made debut in 2000
• Amit Chaudhuri an Indian English author, best known for his book Freedom Song.
• Amit Goswami a theoretical physicist and best known as one of the physicists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!?
• Amit Jadhav finalist of Fame Gurukul, a famous Indian reality television show
• Amit Jogi Politician, son of Ajit Jogi
• Amit Kilam Drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary fusion music band from India.
• Amit Mishra an Indian cricketer
• Amit S. Bakshi an indian hockey player who won a gold medal with the national team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
• Amit Sana, a singer who appeared in Indian Idol in 2005 and finished second.
• Amit Sebastian Paul member of the Swedish Pop Music Group A*Teens
• Amit Shah the mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India
• Amit Ben-Shushan
• Amit Tamir
• Amit Yoran
• Amit Koparde software engineer
• Amit Hapse - also known as AHA

The word can also mean

• Amorphous metal industrial transformer, which is a kind of energy efficient transformer
• Association of Maine Interpreters and Translators, which is an organization based in Maine for translators