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

Given name

Amit Behl Amit Behl is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. Behl began his career in 1994 with a role in India's first daily soap opera '' Shanti''. He later went on to do almost 100 TV serials in Hindi, English, Marathi, Punjabi and Urdu. He ha ...

(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 Amit Chaudhuri (born 15 May 1962) is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India. He was Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia from 2006 to 2021, Since 2020, he has ...

(born 1962), Indian novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer and music composer *

Amit Kumar Dahiya Amit Kumar Dahiya (born 15 December 1993) is an Indian wrestler who represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. He was the youngest wrestler ever to represent India at the Olympics while also being the youngest ath ...

Indian wrestler, 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist *

Amit Deshmukh Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 21 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is the son of veteran congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the ...

(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 Amit Gershon ( he, עמית גרשון; born December 5, 1995) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Standing at , Gershon is known as a three-point specialist. He was named the ...

(born 1995), Israeli basketball player *

Amit Inbar https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amit_Surfing.jpg Amit Inbar (Surfing) ( he, עמית ענבר; born August 9, 1972) is an Israeli Olympic competitive windsurfer, and a kitesurfer. Inbar was born in the small town of Mikhmoret, in the Cent ...

(born 1972), Israeli Olympic competitive windsurfer, and kitesurfer *

Amit Ivry Amit Ivry ( he, עמית עברי; born September 2, 1989, in Eilat, Israel) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Maccabiah Games champion, and national record holder. She competes in the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and medley. Ivry won ...

(born 1989), Israeli Olympic swimmer and national record holder *

Amit Kilam Indian Ocean is an Indian rock band formed in New Delhi in 1990, who are widely recognized as the pioneers of the fusion rock genre in India. Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam were band members until Chakravarty died on ...

, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary Indian fusion music band *

Amit Kulilay Kulilay Amit (, born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, ''Sisters''. Her albums ''Truth'' (2001), ''Amit'' (2009), ...

, birth name of Taiwanese singer A-mei *

Amit Kumar (disambiguation) Amit Kumar (born 1952) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. Amit Kumar may also refer to: * Amit Kumar (wrestler) (born 1993), Indian wrestler *Amit Kumar Saroha (born 1985), Indian discus thrower * Amit Kumar (do ...

, several people *

Amit Lang Amit Lang (born 12 October 1970) is an Israeli judoka. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officia ...

(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 Amit Mishra (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is an right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and currently appears for the T20 franchise Delhi Capitals ...

(born 1982), Indian cricketer *

Amit Mishra (singer) Amit Mishra is an Indian singer, songwriter, voice actor and live performer. He became more well known after the release of the song "Bulleya" sung by him from the film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" ; for his rendition of the song he won a Filmfare Awar ...

, 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 Amit Sadh (born 5 June 1983) is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in films like ''Kai Po Che'' (2013), ''Guddu Rangeela'' (2015), and ''Sarkar 3'' (2017). He began his acting career with the teen drama ''Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr'' and late ...

(born 1983), Indian actor *

Amit Sana Amit Sana (born 1 March 1983) is an Indian pop artist, playback singer, live performer and the finalist of ''Indian Idol 1''. He was also a part of the show Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. He sings predominantly in Hindi. Apart from this, he has also ...

, 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 Amit Ben Shushan ( he, עמית בן שושן; born May 23, 1985) is an Israeli football player. Ben Shushan can play as a striker or as a supporting forward on the wing. He made a name for himself after his series of goals during Beitar's Inter ...

(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 Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music director, singer and a lyricist who works primarily in Hindi films. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 ...

(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 Galila Ron-Feder Amit ( he, גלילה רון־פדר-עמית, born 1949) is an Israeli children books author. She has written 400 books, as well as television and film scripts. She also published a children`s nature magazine, and served as edito ...

(born 1949), Israeli children books author *

Meir Amit Meir Amit ( he, מאיר עמית, 17 March 1921 – 17 July 2009) was an Israeli politician and cabinet minister. He served as the Chief Director and the head of global operations for Mossad from 1963 to 1968, before entering into politics an ...

(1921–2009), Israeli politician and general * Uri Amit, Israeli politician * Yitzchak Amit, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court

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