Vinay is an Indian name typically meaning guidance, good behaviour, genuinity, politeness, modesty and smart in Sanskrit. It has its origins in the
Sanskrit
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language, and is of
Indo-Aryan /
Indo-European
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent. Some European languages of this family, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch ...
origin. Most Indian languages spell and pronounce the name as is in Sanskrit but in a few other languages such as
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
and
Odiya
Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to:
* Odia people in Odisha, India
* Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family
* Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...
, changes either in spelling or pronunciation or both occur. For example, it may be used as, Binay in Bengali-speaking and Odia- speaking regions. Feminine form of the name is Vinaya or Vinayaa.
Binay Binay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include the members of the influential Binay Family of Makati:
*Abigail Binay (born 1975), Filipino politician and current mayor of Makati
*Elenita Binay (born 1943), Filipino politician and wife ...
is also a surname popular in Philippines.
Vinay may refer to:
People
Academics
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Vinay V. Deodhar, a professor of mathematics at Indiana University
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Vinay Kumar (pathologist), Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago
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Vinay Kumar Pathak
Vinay Kumar Pathak is an Indian professor (Computer Science) who has served as lecturer, assistant professor at HBTI Kanpur, project scientist at IIT Kanpur and again as professor and dean at HBTI Kanpur before taking over as vice-chancellor U ...
, Indian academic
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Vinay Lal
Vinay Lal is a historian of India. He is Professor of History and Asian American Studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politic ...
, Indian historian
Arts and entertainment
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Vinay Anand
Vinay Anand (born 23 March 1978) is an Indian actor, having featured in around 60 Hindi and Bhojpuri movies. Known for his roles in movies like '' Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya'', ''Sautela'', ''Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega'' and ''Aamdani Atthani Kh ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Apte
Vinay Apte (17 June 1951 – 7 December 2013) was an Indian film and television actor. He acted in several Marathi movies and television shows in his almost 40-year-old career. He has also acted in Hindi movies such as ''Chandni Bar'', ''Ek Cha ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Chandra Maudgalya
Vinay Chandra Maudgalya(1918 - 1995) was an Indian classical musician, vocalist and the founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music and dance academy for the promotion of Hindustani music and Indian classical dances. He was a follower of Gwalio ...
, Indian classical musician
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Vinay Forrt
Vinay Kumar, professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He hails from Fort Kochi, Kerala and is a theatre activist with more than a decade's worth of experience in the theatrical field as well as a postgraduate in ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Govind
Vinay Govindankutty or better known as Vinay Govind (born 3 March 1988) is an Indian film director. His first feature directional venture, ''Kili Poyi'' debuted on 1 March 2013. The film opened to mixed response from the critics, though found ...
, Indian film director
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Vinay Pathak
Vinay Pathak (born 12 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including ''Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and ''Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', ''Rab ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Rai
Vinay Rai (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his performance in the films ''Unnale Unnale'' (2007), ''Jayamkondaan'' (2008), ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' (2013) and ''Aranmanai'' (2 ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Rajkumar
Vinay Rajkumar (born 7 May 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema. The grandson of actor Dr. Rajkumar, Rajkumar and son of film producer and former actor Raghavendra Rajkumar, Raghavendra, he made his debut as a lead actor in 201 ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Rohrra
Vinay Rohrra (born 15 March 1986) is an Indian television actor. He is well-known for playing the lead role of ''Ranbir'' in TV show Ranbir Rano on Zee TV and male lead role of Sharad on Badi Door Se Aaye Hai. Most recently he has played Madh ...
, Indian actor
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Vinay Saynekar, Indian type designer, calligrapher
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Vinay Shukla
Vinay Shukla is an Indian film writer and director, who is producer of Hindi film Godmother.
Profile
Vinay Shukla has been an active scriptwriter and director of Hindi films over the last three decades. His most well-known film, Godmother, ...
, Indian film writer and director
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Winai Kraibutr
Winai Kraibutr ( th, วินัย ไกรบุตร; born June 16, 1969 in Krabi Province) is a Thai actor. He is from Krabi. He has appeared in a number of films that have achieved significant success at the Thai box office. He is cons ...
, Thai actor
Business
*Vinay Maloo, Indian businessman, chairman of
Enso Group
Enso Group is a multinational diversified conglomerate that has global operations across a wide range of industries, and is valued at over $6 Billion. The group was founded in 2005 by Chairman Vinay Maloo. It was started with a cluster of o ...
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Vinay Nair
Vinay Nair is a serial entrepreneur (55ip, TIFIN, Magnifi, Clout, Positivly, Louise) and academic. He is involved as an advisor or board member in several companies in financial services, across investment management, venture capital and fintech ...
, American investor
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Vinay Nadkarni
Vinay Nadkarni (Hindi:विनय नाडकर्णी ''Vinay Nadkaranī'', born: 1962) is an Indian banker at Mumbai, and a voice actor that specializes in dubbing foreign animated media.
He is best known for being the official Hindi d ...
, Indian banker
Politics and government
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Vinay Bhaskar
Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar (Telugu: డి వినయ భాస్కేర్) (born 22 November 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly in Telangana representing Telangana Rashtra Samithi a.k.a. T.R.S. and Government Chie ...
, Indian politician
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Vinay Katiyar
Vinay Katiyar (born 11 November 1954) is a politician and
the founder-president of Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in India. He has served as an All India General Secretary of the B ...
, Indian politician
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Vinay Kore
Vinayraoji Vilasrao Kore (born October 4, 1971) is an Indian politician and the President of Shree Warana Industrial and Educational Complex, Warananagar. He was former Minister of Non-Conventional Energy and Horticulture, Government of Maharas ...
, Indian politician
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Vinay Kumar Pandey
Vinay Kumar Pandey (born 18 June 1964) was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Shrawasti constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.
Education and background
Pandey was ...
, Indian politician
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Vinay Kumar Sorake
Vinay Kumar Sorake is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress. He represented the Udupi (Lok Sabha constituency) in Thirteenth Lok Sabha He is also the secretary of All India Congress Committee
The All India Congress Committee (A ...
, Indian politician
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Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
Vinay Prabhakar Sahasrabuddhe is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament of India representing state of Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha. He has also served as National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from August 2014 – September ...
, Indian politician
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Winai Senniam, Thai politician
Science and technology
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Vinay Prasad, American hematologist-oncologist
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Winai Dahlan
Winai Dahlan ( th, วินัยดะห์ลัน)(born on 7 January 1952) is the Founder Director of the Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University. He is also the Head of The Lipid and Fat Science Research as well as International Gra ...
, Thai Scientist
Sports
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Vinay Bhat
Vinay Subrahmanya Bhat (born June 4, 1984) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM)
Chess career
Junior years
Bhat first learned to play chess at the age of 6. His mother taught him and ...
, American chess Grandmaster
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Vinay Kumar
Ranganath Vinay Kumar (born 12 February 1984) is a former cricketer who has represented India at Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 levels. He is a right-arm medium fast bowler who played domestic cricket for Karnataka and also in ...
, Indian cricketer
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Vinay Singh
Vinay Singh is a retired Indian football goalkeeper who last played for then I-League club Mohun Bagan, and is the current goalkeeping coach of RoundGlass Punjab.
Career Shillong Lajong
After spending two years with Salgaocar Singh signed fo ...
, Indian footballer
Others
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21644 Vinay, a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1370.4239593 days (3.75 years)
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Jean-Baptiste-Maximien Parchappe de Vinay, French psychiatrist
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Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?
''Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?'' (Transl. 'Ranvir, Vinay and who else?') is a Hindi talk show that aired on STAR One. Hosted by Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey, the show regularly featured celebrity guests and comedy gags. The show, which was launched ...
'', Indian Hindi talk show
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Vinay, Isère
Vinay () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
Vinay is a largely agricultural village. It is commonly known as the walnut capital of Grenoble and boasts over 175,000 trees.
Population
Twin towns
Vinay is twinned w ...
, commune in the Isère department in southeastern France
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Vinay, Marne, commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France
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