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ese male name, also spelt Rajeev, Rajive, Rajib, Rajeeb, Rajiva and Rajiba. It is said that the lotus flower (''

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''), though it grows in muddy water, doesn't accumulate the mud particles onto it; such is the quality described as ''rājīv''. Today, in several Indian languages, including

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Madheshi Madheshi people () is a term used for several ethnic groups in Nepal living in the Terai region of Nepal. It has also been used as a political pejorative term by the Pahari people (Nepal), Pahari people of Nepal to refer to Nepalis with a no ...

, Nepali, Assamese,

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, ''rājīv'' is the word for "lotus flower or ''nelumbo nucifera'' In the '' Rāmāyaṇa'',

Rāma Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda'' ...

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s include ''Rājīv-Lochan'', meaning "one whose eyes are like lotus flowers".

Notable people named Rajiv, Rajive or Rajeev

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

, Indian-Canadian actor and martial artist (birth name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia) * Rajeev, Indian Tamil language actor *

Rajiv Anchal Rajiv Anchal (born 20 December 1956) is a film director, screenwriter, and sculptor who works in Malayalam cinema. In 1997, he made ''Guru'', India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His first English ...

, film director *

Rajive Bagrodia Rajive Bagrodia is an Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Scalable Network Technologies as well as an emeritus professor of computer science at UCLA. Education and research Raji ...

, American computer scientist *

Rajiv Bapna Rajiv Kumar Bapna is the founder of Amkette, first-ever domestic manufacturer of floppy diskettes in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seve ...

, founder and director of Amkette *

Rajeev Bikram Shah Rajeev Bikram Shah () is a Nepalese politician. He was elected as a member of Constituent Assembly from second Constitutional Assembly election held on 19 November 2013 from Jajarkot Constituency No. 2. He is the president of Nepal Amateur Ath ...

, Nepalese politician *

Rajiv Dixit Rajiv Dixit (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010) was an Indian social activist who founded the ''Azadi Bachao Andolan''. His organisation promoted a message of ''swadeshi''-economics that opposed globalisation and neo-liberalism. In allianc ...

, Indian social activist and associated with Swadeshi movement *

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian statesman and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the Assassination of Indira Gandhi, assassination of his mother, then–prime ...

, former Prime Minister of India *

Rajiv Goswami Rajiv Goswami (12 June 1971 – 24 February 2004) was an Indian activist and a former commerce student at the Deshbandhu College, Delhi University who came into prominence when he attempted self-immolation on 19 September 1990 to protest agains ...

, political activist *

Rajiv Gupta (technocrat) Rajiv Gupta is an engineer, a repeat entrepreneur and currently an executive at McAfee. Early life Gupta earned a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur around 1984. He received his Ph.D. in compiler optimization fr ...

, former general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project *

Rajiv Gauba Rajiv Gauba (born 15 August 1959; IAST: ) is a retired Indian bureaucrat and IAS officer who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India from 30 August 2019 to 30 August 2024. As of March 2025, he serves as a full time member of NITI Aayog, the ...

(born 1959), Indian Administrative Service and Home Secretary of India * Rajeev Goyle, United States Congressional candidate from Kansas *

Rajeev Khandelwal Rajeev Khandelwal (born 16 October 1975) is an Indian film and television actor, singer and host. He started his career directing the television series ''Filmy Chakkar''. His break as an actor was as the lead in the television drama, '' Kahiin ...

, Indian actor *

Rajiv Joseph Rajiv Joseph (born June 16, 1974) is an American playwright. He was named a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'', and he won an Obie Award for Best New American Play for his play ''Descr ...

, American playwright * Rajiv Kapoor, Indian actor * Rajive Kumar (born 1958), Indian Administrative Service officer and former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh * Rajiv Kulkarni, Indian former cricketer * Rajib Lochan Pegu, Indian politician *

Rajiv Mehrotra Rajiv Mehrotra is an Indian writer, television producer-director, documentary film maker, a personal student of the Dalai Lama for whom he manages as Trustee/Secretary The Foundation for Universal Responsibility established with the Nobel Peace ...

, Indian journalist *

Rajiv Menon Rajiv Menon (born 20 April 1963) is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a director and cinematographer in several Indian regional film industries. After making his breakthrough as a film cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's Tamil drama ''Bombay' ...

, Indian cinematographer and director *

Rajeev Motwani Rajeev Motwani (Hindi: राजीव मोटवानी , 24 March 1962 – 5 June 2009) was an Indian-American professor of computer science at Stanford University whose research focused on theoretical computer science. He was a special a ...

, Indian professor of computer science *

Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former international badminton player from England who has represented both England and Great Britain. A long-time English and British No.1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achi ...

, English professional badminton player * Rajeev Paul, Indian actor * Rajiv Patel, musician *

Rajiv Rai Rajiv Gulshan Rai (born 18 July 1955) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film editor. The son of producer Gulshan Rai, he has directed many films under his father's production company, Trimurti Films, including '' Yudh'' (1985), '' Tr ...

, director *

Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian O ...

, American tennis player *

Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 30 March 1962) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a four-time Member of Parliament representing Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2023, he won from Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar. Earlier, he won three times in ...

, Bharatiya Janata Party politician * Rajiv Satyal, Indian-American comedian *

Rajiv Shah Rajiv J. "Raj" Shah (born March 9, 1973) is an American physician, economist and executive. He is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and a former government official and health economist who served as the sixteenth administrator of the U ...

, American government official * Rajiv Singh (born 1958 or 1959), Indian businessman * Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer of

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Notable people named Rajib or Rajeeb

* Rajib Ghosh, Indian footballer * Rajib Ghorui, Indian footballer * Rajib Banerjee, Indian politician * Rajib Boro, Indian footballer * Rajib Lochan Pegu, Indian politician *

Rajib Saha Rajib Saha (born 23 July 1984) is an Indian cricketer. He has played first-class and List A cricket for Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of ...

, Indian global business leader * Rajib Dutta (born 1971), Indian former cricketer * Rajib Dutta (born 1980), Indian former cricketer * Rajeeb Dey, British entrepreneur * Rajeeb Samdani, Bangladeshi industrialist and art collector

Notable people named Rajiva

* Rajiva Wijesinha, Sri Lankan writer

Rajib: places

Al-Rajib Al-Rajib or simply Rajib is a town in Qweismeh area of Greater Amman Municipality in northwest Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by ...

in Greater Amman, Jordan *

Rajeb Rajeb or Rajib () is a village in the Ajloun Governorate in northwestern Jordan. In classical sources, Ar Rajib is known as Reğeb (''Ragaba'').Mishnah '' Menachot'' 8:3; Babylonian Talmud (''Menachot'' 85b); Tosefta ''Menachot'' 9:5; Josephus ...

or Rajib, town in Jordan; ancient Regev/Reğeb/Ragaba

Notable people named Rajiv, Rajive or Rajeev

Notable people named Rajib or Rajeeb

Notable people named Rajiva

Rajib: places

See also