Ajit, variously spelled Ajith, Agith, or Ajeet ( sa, अजित ') is a common male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is used in its various forms throughout

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and also in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. A related name is Ajay.

Etymology

The name is derived from

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

, where its primary meaning is "invincible", "irresistible", "unsurpassed". The literal meaning is "unconquered", from the prefix ''a-'' "not", and ''jita'' "conquered". It has variously been used to refer to a number of ideological figures, including

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

and

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

Maitreya Maitreya (Sanskrit: ) or Metteyya (Pali: ), also Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha, is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. As the 5th and final Buddha of the current kalpa, Maitreya's teachings will be aimed at ...

Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

and the second of the

Arhats In Buddhism, an ''arhat'' (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or ''arahant'' (Pali: अरहन्त्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved ''Nirvana'' and liberated ...

Jainism Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religions, Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current ...

among others.

People

* Ajithkumar (born 1996),Tamilnadu *

Ajit Agarkar Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian cricketer and a commentator. He has represented India in more than 200 international matches in all three formats of the game. He is the third highest wicket-taker for India i ...

(born 1977), Indian cricketer and commentator *

Ajit Andhare Ajit Andhare (born on 11 July) is an Indian business leader, entrepreneur, currently chief operating officer at Viacom18 Studios. Career Ajit currently serves as the chief operating officer at Viacom 18 Motion Pictures (VMP), the motion pictur ...

, Indian businessman * Ajit Anjum (born 1969), Indian journalist and editor * Ajeet Bajaj (born 1965), Indian adventurer *

Ajit Balakrishnan Ajit Balakrishnan is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and administrator. He is the founder, current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rediff.com, an internet company based in Mumbai. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors o ...

, Indian entrepreneur, business executive, and administrator * Ajit Bandyopadhyay, Bengali actor and director * Ajit Kumar Banerjee (1931–2014), Indian environmentalist * Ajit Kumar Basu (1912–1986), Indian cardiac surgeon * Ajit Bhandari (born 1994), Nepalese footballer *

Ajit Bharihoke Ajit Bharihoke is a former judge of the Delhi High Court. He is known for presiding over several high-profile cases such as Bofors Scandal, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bribery case, St Kitts case, Lakhubhai Pathak case, Urea Scam. Early life, educa ...

, Indian judge * Ajit Bhatia (born 1936), Indian cricketer * Ajit Bhattacharjea (1924–2011), Indian journalist, newspaper editor, ''

The Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

'', ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' and ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' *

Ajit Bhoite Ajit Prataprao Bhoite (born 9 October 1976 in Baroda, Gujarat) is a former Indian cricketer who played for the Baroda cricket team. He was a right-handed batsman as well as a right-arm offbreak bowler. Bhoite made his first-class debut for Baro ...

(born 1976), Indian cricketer * Ajit Kumar Bhuyan (born 1952), Indian politician * Ajit Chahal (born 1995), Indian cricketer * Ajit Kumar Chakravarty (1886–1918), Bengali writer *

Ajit Chandila Ajit Chandila (born 5 December 1983) is a former Indian cricketer from Haryana. He played for Rajasthan Royals until 2013 but was previously known for his performance for the Air India North Zone team. Indian Premier League career His (IPL) ...

(born 1983), Indian cricketer * Ajit Chandra Chatterjee (born 1923), Indian civil servant * Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, Indian professor and education administrator *

Ajit Das Ajit Das (20 January 1949 – 13 September 2020) was an Indian actor, director and playwright. He started acting in Ollywood with the Odia film Sindura Bindu. Biography He was born on 20 January 1949, in Karanjia, Mayurbhanj district, Od ...

(1949–2020), Indian actor, director, and playwright * Ajit Das Gupta (1924–2011), Indian cricketer *

Ajit Doval Ajit Kumar Doval KC (born 20 January 1945) is a bureaucrat & spymaster, serving as the fifth and current National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister of India, with the precedence equivalent to Cabinet Minister. He previously served as ...

(born 1945), Indian politician * Ajit Dutta (1907–1979), Bengali poet, writer, essayist, and professor * Ajit George, Indian-American activist and game designer *

Ajit Kumar Guha Ajit Kumar Guha (15 April 1914 – 12 November 1969) was a Bengali educationist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh. Education and career Guha passed the matriculation from Ishwar Pathshala and in ...

(1914–1969), Bengali educationist *

Ajit Gulabchand Ajit Gulabchand (born 1948) is an Indian industrialist. Gulabchand is the chairman and managing director of Hindustan Construction Company. Gulabchand serves as chairman of the board of governance at National Institute of Construction Managem ...

(born 1948), Indian industrialist *

Ajit Gupta __NOTOC__ Ajit Gupta was a Silicon-Valley based entrepreneur and the founder of Aryaka, AAyuja, JantaKhoj, and Speedera Networks. He holds 21 technology patents for Internet content delivery and global traffic management. Ajit Gupta graduated fro ...

, Indian entrepreneur * Ajit Hutheesing (1936–2017), Indian businessman *

Ajit Jain Ajit Jain (born 1951) is an Indian-American executive who is the Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway as of January 10, 2018. Ajit Jain is an older cousin of Anshu Jain, who was the former Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank. Educat ...

(born 1951), Indian-American businessman * Ajit Jayaratne, Sinhalese businessman *

Ajit Jogi Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (29 April 1946 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician, who served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, India. He was a member of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh. Education Jogi studied Me ...

(1946–2020), Indian politician *

Ajit Johnson Ajit Johnson Nirmal is a cancer geneticist. He has also campaigned to raise awareness on tech addiction and net neutrality. Education Born in Vellore, Johnson graduated with a bachelor's degree in biotechnology at Karunya University. Johnson ...

, Indian cancer geneticist * Ajit Kadkade, Indian singer *

Ajit Kembhavi Ajit Kembhavi (born 16 August 1950) is an Indian astrophysicist. He is presently a Professor Emeritus at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, (IUCAA) at Pune, India, of which he was also a founder member. He also serves ...

(born 1950), Indian astrophysicist *

Ajita Kesakambali Ajita Kesakambali ( sa, अजित केशकंबली; ) was an ancient Indian philosopher in the 6th century BC. He is considered to be the first known proponent of Indian materialism, and forerunner to the Charvaka school. He was probably ...

, Indian philosopher *

Ajit Khan Hamid Ali Khan (27 January 1922 – 22 October 1998), better known by his stage name Ajit, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films. He acted in over two hundred movies over almost four decades. Ajit is also credited for starring as a lead ...

(1922–1998), screen name of Indian film actor Hamid Ali Khan *

Ajith Kumar Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil films. To date, he has starred in over 60 films. His awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil N ...

(born 1971), Indian Tamil actor * Ajit Lakra (born 1966), Indian field hockey player * Ajit Kumar Maiti (born 1928), Indian neurophysiologist *

Ajit Kumar Mehta Ajit Kumar Mehta (born 3 February 1932 Fatehpur Bala, Samastipur district (Bihar)) was member of 6th Lok Sabha from Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar State, India. He was elected to 7th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Samastipur. Befo ...

(born 1932), Indian politician *

Ajit Kumar P Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC is a retired Indian Navy Admiral. He served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Western Naval Command. He assumed the position on 31 January 2019 after Vice Admiral Girish Luthra's r ...

, Indian Navy Admiral *

Ajit Kumar Panja Ajit Kumar Panja (13 September 1936 – 14 November 2008) was a Union minister of state in the Government of India. He was a member of Indian National Congress party but left it to join Trinamool Congress. He was born in Calcutta, and studied ...

(1936–2008), Indian politician * Ajith C. S. Perera (born 1956), Sri Lankan disability activist, former cricket umpire * Ajit Kumar Saha, Indian politician * Ajeet Singh Kharkhari (born 1965), Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party * Ajit Singh (disambiguation), several people * Ajit Kumar Singh (1962–2007), Indian politician * Ajith Kumar Siriwardena, Sri Lankan Briton professor of hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery *

Ajit Pai Ajit Varadaraj Pai (; born January 10, 1973) is an American lawyer who served as chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2017 to 2021. He has been a partner at the private-equity firm Searchlight Capital since April 20 ...

(born 1973), American attorney and former chairman of the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

Ajit Pai (cricketer) Ajit Manohar Pai (born 28 April 1945) is a former India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous ...

(born 1945), Indian cricketer * Ajit Iqbal Singh (born 1943), Indian mathematician *

Ajit Wadekar Ajit Laxman Wadekar (; 1 April 1941 – 15 August 2018) was an Indian international cricketer who played for the Indian national team between 1966 and 1974. Described as an "aggressive batsman", Wadekar made his first-class debut in 1958, ...

(born 1941), a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket tea

Fictional characters

* Ajit Bandyopadhyay, fictional character in the detective series ''

Byomkesh Bakshi Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali fictional detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Referring to himself as a "truth-seeker" or Satyanweshi in the stories, Bakshi is known for his proficiency with observation, logical reasoning, and ...

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Etymology

People

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