Amit is a male given name of

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 ...

n or

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

origin. In

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

, Amit ( hi, अमित, means "infinite" or "boundless", bn, অমিত) originates from the

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 ...

word ' (अमित:), ' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ' (मित), which means "to measure". In

, Amit ( he, עמית) means "friend", "colleague" or "member of the organization". The word appears in the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

twelve times, mostly in Leviticus. Though traditionally a common male name, it is being increasingly used as a female name in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Nevertheless, it is still among the most popular names given to

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

boys in Israel.But till date it has not been recognised as a Jew name by many Rabbis and Religious Leaders

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* Amit Behl (born 1955), Indian television actor * Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player *

Amit Bhadana Amit Bhadana () is an Indian YouTube personality, who creates Hindi language comedy videos. Early life and education Amit Bhadana was born in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Later his family moved to Johri Pur, Delhi. He graduated from the Univers ...

(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 Aamit Farkas-Yonas ( he, עמית פרקש; born ) is a Canadian-born Israeli actress and singer. She is best known as the protagonist of the Israeli television series ''Split''. Biography Melissa Amit Farkas was born in Toronto, Ontario, Cana ...

(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 *

Amit Madheshiya ''The Cinema Travellers'' is a 2016 documentary film about the travelling cinemas of India, directed by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya. The film is produced by Cave Pictures, India, a company co-founded by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya ...

, Indian photographer and filmmaker *

Amit Mehta Amit Priyavadan Mehta (born 1971) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and a Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Biography Amit Priyavadan Mehta was b ...

(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 Amit Surinder Pathak (born 30 November 1972) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Andhra cricket team. He became a cricket coach after his playing career. Life and career Pathak played as a right-handed batsman who normally ...

, Indian former cricketer *

Amit Sebastian Paul Amit Sebastian Paul (born 29 October 1983) is a Swedish businessman and retired singer. He was a member of the Swedish pop band A*Teens from 1998 to 2004, and briefly pursued a solo recording career after the band dissolved. Biography Paul was bo ...

, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens *

Amit Rai Amit Rai is an Indian film director and writer. He won the Gollapudi Srinivas Award in 2010 for directing ''Road to Sangam''. His 2009 Marathi film ''Tingya'', won him the best director award at the International Film Festival of South Africa, 200 ...

, Indian film director * Amit Sadh (born 1983), Indian actor * Amit Sana, India singer who finished second in the 2005 Indian Idol contest *

Amit Shah Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation of India since 2021. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata P ...

(born 1964), Indian politician and the current minister of Home affairs, Government of India *

Amit Sharma Amit Sharma (born 20 November 1974), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Amit Sharma was considered as an allrounder and was the captain of the U-19 team that visited England in 1994 season and ...

(born 1966), Indian cricketer * Amit Shukla, Kenyan male cricketer * Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player *

Amit Simhon Amit Simhon ( he, עמית שמחון; born October 22, 1989) is an Israeli basketball player at the small forward position for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was named All-Israeli League First Team in 2018, and is a t ...

(born 1989), Israeli basketball player * Amit Singh (cricketer), Indian cricketer *

Amit Singhal Amitabh Kumar "Amit" Singhal (born September 1968) is a former senior vice president at Google Inc. having been a Google Fellow and the head of Google's Search team for 15 years.Amit Tamir Amit Tamir ( he, עמית יוסף תמיר)(born December 2, 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall former center/ forward. Biography Amit Yosef Tamir was born in Jerusalem to A ...

(born 1979), Israeli basketball player * Amit Trivedi (born 1979), Indian film music director and singer * Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage, Sri Lankan politician *

Amit Yadav Amit Ramkumar Yadav (born 10 October 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Goa cricket team. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break. He made his first-class cricket debut for Goa in 2009/10. In 2012, he was ...

(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

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