Vinay is an Indian name typically meaning guidance, good behaviour, genuinity, politeness, modesty and smart in Sanskrit. It has its origins in the Sanskrit language, and is of Indo-Aryan / Indo-European 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, 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 is also a surname popular in Philippines. Vinay may refer to:

People

Academics

Vinay V. Deodhar Vinay Vithal Deodhar (3 December 1948 – 18 January 2015) was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at Indiana University. He worked in the area of algebraic groups and representation theory. Early life Deodhar was born in ...

, a professor of mathematics at Indiana University *

Vinay Kumar (pathologist) Vinay Kumar (Born Dec 24, 1944, India) is the Lowell T. Coggeshall Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago, where he was also the Chairman (2000-2016) of the Department of Pathology. He is a recipient of Life Time ...

, Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago *

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 *

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

* Vinay Anand, Indian actor * Vinay Apte, Indian actor *

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 *

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 *

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 * Vinay Pathak, Indian actor * Vinay Rai, Indian actor * Vinay Rajkumar, Indian actor *

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 *

Vinay Saynekar Vinay Saynekar is a type designer, calligrapher and a design educator. He completed his graduation from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai University and joined a paper company, Chimanlal’s Pvt Ltd, as Chief Design Consultant in 1981. He ...

, Indian type designer, calligrapher * Vinay Shukla, Indian film writer and director * Winai Kraibutr, 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 ...

* Vinay Nair, American investor * Vinay Nadkarni, Indian banker

Politics and government

* Vinay Bhaskar, Indian politician * Vinay Katiyar, Indian politician * Vinay Kore, Indian politician * Vinay Kumar Pandey, Indian politician * Vinay Kumar Sorake, Indian politician * Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Indian politician *

Winai Senniam Winai Senniam ( th, วินัย เสนเนียม; August 22, 1958 - October 20, 2009) was a Thai politician and parliamentarian who served in the House of Representatives of Thailand. Winai was a member of the Democrat Party of T ...

, Thai politician

Science and technology

Vinay Prasad Vinay is an Indian name typically meaning guidance, good behaviour, genuinity, politeness, modesty and smart in Sanskrit. It has its origins in the Sanskrit language, and is of Indo-Aryan / Indo-European origin. Most Indian languages spell and pr ...

, American hematologist-oncologist *

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

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 * Vinay Kumar, Indian cricketer *

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

21644 Vinay It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King C ...

, a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1370.4239593 days (3.75 years) *

Jean-Baptiste-Maximien Parchappe de Vinay Jean-Baptiste-Maximien Parchappe de Vinay (21 October 1800 – 12 March 1866) was a French psychiatrist who was a native of Épernay, Marne. Parchappe de Vinay studied in medicine in Rouen and Paris, earning his medical doctorate in 1827. From 183 ...

, French psychiatrist *'' Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?'', Indian Hindi talk show *

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 *

Vinay, Marne Vinay () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 613 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following intercom ...

, commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France * {{disambig Indian masculine given names