Amit
Amit is a male given name of Indian or Hebrew origin.[1]
| Pronunciation | Amit |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male Female (expect Puyuma) |
| Language(s) | Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Hebrew, Bengali, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Puyuma |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Limitless |
In Hindi, Amit (Hindi: अमित, means "infinite" or "boundless", Bengali: অমিত) originates from the Sanskrit word amita (अमित:),[2] amita (अमित:) essentially is the negation of mita (मित), which means "to measure".[2]
In Hebrew, Amit (Hebrew: עמית) means "friend", "colleague" or "member of the organization".[3] The word appears in the Bible twelve times, mostly in Leviticus.[4] Though traditionally a common male name, it is being increasingly used as a female name in Israel. Nevertheless, it is still among the most popular names given to Jewish boys in Israel.[5][6] But till date it has not been recognised as a Jewish name by many Rabbis and Religious Leaders.
Given name
- Amit Behl (born 1955), Indian television actor
- Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
- Amit Bhadana (born 1994), Indian comedy YouTuber
- Amit Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
- Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer and music composer
- Amit Kumar Dahiya Indian wrestler, 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist
- Amit Deshmukh (born 1976), Indian politician and minister in state Government of Maharashtra
- Amit Farkash (born 1976), Canadian-born Israeli actress and singer
- Amit Gershon (born 1995), Israeli basketball player
- Amit Inbar (born 1972), Israeli Olympic competitive windsurfer, and kitesurfer
- Amit Ivry (born 1989), Israeli Olympic swimmer and national record holder
- Amit Kilam, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary Indian fusion music band
- Amit Kulilay, birth name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
- Amit Kumar (disambiguation), several people
- Amit Lang (born 1970), Israeli judoka
- Amit Madheshiya, Indian photographer and filmmaker
- Amit Mehta (born 1971), United States district judge
- Amit Mishra (born 1982), Indian cricketer
- Amit Mishra (singer), Indian singer and songwriter
- Amit Nimade (born 1976), Indian photographer
- Amit Patel, Indian-American cardiac surgeon
- Amit Pathak, Indian former cricketer
- Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
- Amit Rai, Indian film director
- Amit Sadh (born 1983), Indian actor
- Amit Sana, India singer who finished second in the 2005 Indian Idol contest
- Amit Shah (born 1964), Indian politician and the current minister of Home affairs, Government of India
- Amit Sharma (cricketer) (born 1966), Indian cricketer
- Amit Shukla, Kenyan male cricketer
- Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player
- Amit Simhon (born 1989), Israeli basketball player
- Amit Singh (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Amit Singhal, senior vice president and software engineer at Google
- Amit Tamir (born 1979), Israeli basketball player
- Amit Trivedi (born 1979), Indian film music director and singer
- Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage, Sri Lankan politician
- Amit Yadav (born 1989), Indian cricketer
- Amit Singh (scientist), microbiologist
- Amit Ummat (legal scholar), tax counsel
Surname
- Daniel Amit, Israeli physicist and pacifist
- Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), Israeli children books author
- Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
- Uri Amit, Israeli politician
- Yehuda Amit, Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchak Amit, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court
See also
- Ameet
- All pages with titles beginning with Amit
- AMIT, an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
- Amita (disambiguation), feminine form
References
- "עמית - פירוש השם". mako. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- "Sanskrit ++ Einführung in die heilige Sprache Indiens". www.asien.net.
- "התקבלו 6 פירושים במילון לעמית". milog.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- Strong, James. Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible. Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. For further information, see H5997 (p. 1552)
- "למען השם: מהם השמות הכי פופולריים לילדים בישראל" (in Hebrew).
- Simply-Smart. "בחירת שם לתינוק , שמות לילדים , שמות לתינוקות לפי הקבלה , שמות לבנים".
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