Neeraj or Niraj (
Devanagari: नीरज ) is a Hindu masculine
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 ...
. The Sanskrit word ' is a
compound of ' 'water' and ' 'born' and has the primary meaning of
'lotus'.
The same Sanskrit word can also be a compound of ' 'without' (which takes the form ' because of
sandhi with the following word) and ' 'dust', 'emotion', with the overall meaning 'free from dust' or 'free from passion'
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Indian masculine given names
Sanskrit-language names