Sumeet or Sumit is a masculine

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. It originated from

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...

language and means "good friend" or "well pleased".

Notable people

Notable people with the given name include: * Sumeet Dogra (born 1969), former Indian cricketer * Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal (born 1971), Indian television producer * Sumeet Passi (born 1994), Indian footballer * Sumeet Raghavan (born 1971), Indian actor * Sumeet Sachdev (born 1976), Indian television actor *

Sumeet Saigal Sumeet Saigal (born 18 February 1966) is an Indian former actor and producer who was active in Bollywood from 1987 to 1995, appearing in over 30 films. Career Saigal made his debut in the 1987 film ''Insaniyat Ke Dushman'' and played leading o ...

, former Indian film actor * Sumeet Samos (born 1993), Indian rapper * Sumeet Verma (born 1990), Indian cricketer * Sumeet Vyas (born 1983), Indian actor *

Sumit (field hockey) Sumit Walmiki (born 20 December 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a Field hockey#Positions, midfielder for the India men's national field hockey team, Indian national team. Hailing from Haryana, Sumit was part of the Indian sq ...

(born 1996), Indian field hockey player * Sumit Bhaduri (born 1948), Indian chemist * Sumit Bhardwaj, Indian television actor * Sumit Ganguly, professor at Indiana University *

Sumit Jain Sumit Jain (born 13 June 1984) is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He started online real-estate portal Commonfloor.com for property seekers in 2007. Prior to that, he used to work with Oracle. As the co-founder and CEO, ...

(born 1984), Indian entrepreneur * Sumit Jamuar, former banker at Lloyds Banking Group * Sumit Kaul, Indian actor and voice actor * Sumit Khatri (born 1989), Indian cricketer * Sumit Kumar (born 1995), Indian cricketer * Sumit Kumar (field hockey) (born 1997), Indian field hockey player * Sumit Malik (born 1993), Indian freestyle wrestler *

Sumit Mathur Sumit Mathur (born 26 November 1981) is an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan cricket team, Rajasthan. He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2002-03 Ranji Trophy on 9 November 2002. References External links

(born 1981), Indian cricketer *

Sumit Nag This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Assam cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. Players in bold have pl ...

, Indian cricketer *

Sumit Nagal Sumit Nagal (born 16 August 1997) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 achieved on 15 July 2024. Nagal is currently the No. 1 ranked Indian player. Since 2018, he has been a member of In ...

(born 1997), Indian tennis player *

Sumit Narwal Sumit Narwal (born 1982) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi. An all-rounder from Haryana known for his right-arm medium-fast bowling and left-handed batting. He made his first-class debut for Delhi in the 2001-02 season. Narwal has play ...

(born 1982), Indian cricketer *

Sumit Nijhawan Sumit Nijhawan (born 28 December 1978) is an Indian actor residing in Mumbai, India. Nijhawan has appeared in films such as ''Contract'', '' Sarkar Raj'' and '' Phas Gaye Re Obama''. He also played Sarfaraz, a prominent character in the movie '' ...

(born 1978), Indian actor *

Sumit Panda Sumit Panda (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Bengal and Jharkhand. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played in first-class, List A or Twenty ...

(born 1979), former Indian cricketer *

Sumit Ranjan Das Sumit Ranjan Das (born 11 December 1955) is a US-based Indian high energy physicist and a professor at the University of Kentucky. Known for his research on string theory, Das is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council o ...

, Indian physicist * Sumit Ruikar (born 1990), Indian cricketer * Sumit Sambhal Lega, Indian television series * Sumit Sangwan (born 1993), Indian amateur boxer * Sumit Sarkar (born 1939), Indian historian * Sumit Sethi, Indian record producer * Sumit Shome (born 1955), former Indian cricketer * Sumit Singh (cricketer) (born 1987), Indian cricketer * Sumit Suri, Indian film actor * Sumit Vats (born 1982), Indian television actor

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