Amit (other)

Amit is a male given name of Indian or Hebrew origin.

In Hindi, Amit ( hi, अमित, means "infinite" or "boundless", bn, অমিত) originates from the Sanskrit word ' (अमित:), ' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ' (मित), which means "to measure".

In Hebrew, Amit ( he, עמית) means "friend", "colleague" or "member of the organization". The word appears in the Bible twelve times, mostly in Book of Leviticus, Leviticus. Though traditionally a common male name, it is being increasingly used as a female name in Israel. Nevertheless, it is still among the most popular names given to Judaism, Jewish boys in Israel.But till date it has not been recognised as a Jew name by many Rabbis and Religious Leaders

Given name

* Amit Behl (born 1955), Indian television actor
* Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
* Amit Bhadana (born 1994), Indian comedy YouTuber
* Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer and music composer
* Amit Kumar Dahiya Indian wrestler, 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist
* Amit Deshmukh (born 1976), Indian politician and minister in state Government of Maharashtra
* Amit Farkash (born 1976), Canadian-born Israeli actress and singer
* Amit Gershon (born 1995), Israeli basketball player
* 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 Indian fusion music band
* Amit Kulilay, birth name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
* Amit Kumar (disambiguation), several people
* Amit Lang (born 1970), Israeli judoka
* The Cinema Travellers, Amit Madheshiya, Indian photographer and filmmaker
* Amit Mehta (born 1971), United States district judge
* Amit Mishra (born 1982), Indian cricketer
* Amit Mishra (singer), Indian singer and songwriter
* Amit Nimade (born 1976), Indian photographer
* Amit Patel, Indian-American cardiac surgeon
* Amit Pathak, Indian former cricketer
* Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
* Amit Rai, Indian film director
* Amit Sadh (born 1983), Indian actor
* Amit Sana, India singer who finished second in the 2005 Indian Idol contest
* Amit Shah (born 1964), Indian politician and the current minister of Home affairs, Government of India
* Amit Sharma (born 1966), Indian cricketer
* Amit Shukla, Kenyan male cricketer
* Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player
* Amit Simhon (born 1989), Israeli basketball player
* Amit Singh (cricketer), Indian cricketer
* Amit Singhal, senior vice president and software engineer at Google
* Amit Tamir (born 1979), Israeli basketball player
* Amit Trivedi (born 1979), Indian film music director and singer
* Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage, Sri Lankan politician
* Amit Yadav (born 1989), Indian cricketer
* Amit Singh (scientist), microbiologist

Surname

* Daniel Amit, Israeli physicist and pacifist
* Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), Israeli children books author
* Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
* Uri Amit, Israeli politician
* Yitzchak Amit, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court

See also

* Ameet
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* AMIT, an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
* Amita (disambiguation), feminine form

References

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Indian masculine given names
Hebrew-language given names