Nitin or Nithin (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

:नितिन, नीतीन or नीतिन) is a male first name in India and Nepal that means ''one having the 'double art' in

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 ...

. Nitin comes from the Sanskrit words 'niti' meaning 'art' and 'gna' or 'gyan' meaning imagination.

Notable people named Nitin

Nitin Bose Nitin Bose (26 April 1897 – 14 April 1986) was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city. In the 1930s and early 1940s, he worked with New Theatre ...

, Indian film director *

Nitin Chandrakant Desai Nitin Chandrakant Desai is a noted Indian art director and production designer of Indian cinema turned film and television producer, most known for his work in Marathi and Hindi Films, World Cultural Festival 2016 at Delhi and films like, ''Hum ...

, Bollywood art director and production designer *

Nitin Gadkari Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways cur ...

, Indian Transport minister, former President of the Bharatiya Janta party *

Nitin Ganatra Nitin Chandra Ganatra (born 30 June 1967) is a Kenyan-born British actor. He is known for portraying Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders''. Early and personal life Ganatra was born on 30 June 1967 in Kenya. Both sides of Ganatra's ...

, British actor * Nitin Kapoor, Indian producer *

Nitin Mukesh Nitin Mukesh Mathur is an Indian playback singer known for his work as a playback singer in Hindi films as well as Bhajans. He has toured internationally, including to the United States in 1993, and a world tour in 2006 with his show ''Kal Ki Y ...

, Indian singer * Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor *

Nitin Nohria Nitin Nohria (born February 9, 1962) is an Indian-American academic. He was the tenth dean of Harvard Business School. He is also the George F. Baker Professor of Administration. He is a former non-executive director of Tata Sons. Early life and ...

, American business writer *

Nitin Pradhan Nitin Pradhan ( mr, नितिन प्रधान;) was the Departmental Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the US Department of Transportation (DOT) as part of the Obama Administration from July 6, 2009 to August 31, 2012. After leaving US ...

, former Chief Information Officer for the US Department of Transportation *

Nitin Rakesh Nitin Rakesh, an Indian-American businessman, author, and philanthropist, is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Mphasis. Prior to that, Rakesh was Syntel's CEO and President, as well as CEO and Managing Director of Motilal ...

, businessman *

Nitin Raut Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry, Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress part ...

, Indian politician *

Nitin Saini Nitin Saini (born 28 October 1988) is a cricketer who plays for Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He has also played for the Indian Premier League franchise team Kings XI Punjab. Saini is a right-hand wicket-keeper batsman who usually opens ...

, Cricket batsman *

Nitin Sahrawat Nitin Sahrawat (Born 13 August 1981), is an Indian actor, a social activist, and the Editor in Chief of ''Atal Indians Magazine''. Sahrawat is the creator of Atal Indian Project, which aims at creating multiple Urban forest named Atal Vatika, in ...

, actor *

Nitin Sathya Nithin Sathya (born 9 January 1980) is an Indian actor, film producer. He works primarily in Tamil Cinema. He made his film debut in ''Kalatpadai'', directed by J. Ramesh, in 2003. He acted with Kamal Hassan in a small role in the Tamil comed ...

, Indian actor * Nitin Sawhney, Indian-British composer and musician *

. Indian minister of road and transport

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{{given name Indian masculine given names

Notable people named Nitin

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