Naveen or Navin (

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: नवीन, ; ) is an Indian male

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. The word means "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative". Naveen is chiefly used in Indian languages, and its origin is

. It is derived from the element 'Navina' meaning new. The name 'Navina' is the female form of Naveen. Navean, Naveane, Naveene, Navin (English and Indian), Navine, Navyn, and Navyne are variants of Naveen.

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Notable people with that name include: *

Ampasayya Naveen Dr. 'Ampasayya' Naveen is a Telugu novelist. He is an Osmania University alumni, and his college life at OU inspired his first novel, ''Ampasayya''. His novel ''Kala Rekhalu'' won the Sahitya Academy Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a li ...

(born 1941), Indian novelist *

Naveen Andrews Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series ''Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime ...

(born 1969), British actor * Naveen Asrani, Indian cricketer *

Navin Chawla Navin Chawla (born 30 July 1945) is a retired Indian civil servant and writer, who served as 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India. Four phases (out of five) of the General elections in India, Indian general election to Loksabha were execute ...

(born 1945), Indian bureaucrat *

Naveen Jain Naveen K. Jain (; born September 6, 1959) is an Indian-American business executive, entrepreneur, and the founder and former CEO of InfoSpace. InfoSpace briefly became one of the largest internet companies in the American Northwest, before the ...

(born 1959), American chief executive *

Naveen Jindal Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra, Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power ...

(born 1970), Indian politician * Naveen John (born 1986), Indian

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* Naveen Kumar (disambiguation), several people *

Naveen Naqvi Dawn News is one of Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occu ...

, Pakistani journalist *

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...

(born 1946), Indian politician *

Naveen Perwani Naveen Perwani ( sd, نویں پرواني; born 23 October 1971) is a Pakistani amateur snooker player. Perwani reached the quarter-final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Atthasit Mahitthi ...

(born 1971), Pakistani snooker player *

Naveen Polishetty Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1989) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Hindi films. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya'' (2019), for which he received Zee Cine Awards Telugu – ...

(born 1989), Indian actor *

Naveen Soni Naveen Soni is an anchor with Zee Business and hosts their stock market and personal finance shows. He is perhaps the oldest and most popular face in Hindi Stock Markets coverage. Soni, a trained Business Economist, did his Post-graduation in Bu ...

, Indian journalist *

Vadde Naveen Vadde Naveen is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu films. His father Vadde Ramesh was a film producer. Career Although his first film released was ''Korukunna Priyudu'' (1997), his first movie as an actor was ''Kranthi ...

, Indian actor *

Naveen Waqar Naveen Waqar is a Pakistani television actress and former video and radio jockey. She is best known for her negative role as Sara in 2012 series '' Humsafar.'' Her television appearances includes a series of acclaim projects including ''Annie Ki ...

(born 1982), Pakistani VJ and model. *

Yalavarthi Naveen Babu Yalavarthi Naveen Babu (29 May 1964 – 18 February 2000), or simply Naveen, was a Naxalite leader in India. Yalavarthi Naveen Babu was born on 29 May 1964 in Guddikayalanka village, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, India. His family were farm ...

(1964–2000), or simply Naveen, a Naxalite leader in India *

Naveen-ul-Haq Naveen-ul-Haq Murid (born 23 September 1999) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2016. Domestic and T20 franchise career Naveen made his first-class debut for Kabul Region in ...

(born 1999), Afghan cricketer

Fictional characters

Prince Naveen ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the 2 ...

, a character in the 2009 Disney animated film ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American Animation, animated musical film, musical fantasy film, fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The List of Walt Disney Anima ...

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