Amit
For the beast of the underworld in Egyptian mythology, see Ammit.
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Amit is a common male name, in India and Israel.
Amit (Hindi: अमित, Bengali: অমিত) originates in the Sanskrit amita, which has the meaning 'infinite', 'boundless', 'unmeasured'.[1]
In Hebrew, Amit (Hebrew: עמית) means friend. The word appears in the Bible in a context suggesting such a meaning.[2] However, Even-Shoshan dictionary suggests a Roman source (esp. French: Ami). Though traditionally a common male name, it is being increasingly used as a female name in Israel.[3] Nevertheless, it is still among most popular names given to Jewish boys in Israel.[4]
Given name
- Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian English author, best known for his book Freedom Song
- Amit Erez
- Amit Garg, Indian mathematician and mental calculator
- Amit Goyal, Indian scientist
- Amit Gulilai (born 1972), aboriginal name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
- Amit Farkash
- Amit Ivry (born 1989), Israeli Olympic swimmer and national record holder
- Amit Kilam, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary fusion music band from India
- Amit Kumar (born 1952), Indian singer, son of Kishore Kumar
- Amit Lang
- Amit Mishra (born 1982), Indian cricketer
- Amit Patel, Indian American cardiac surgeon
- Amit Rai, Indian film director
- Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
- Amit Sana, India singer who finished second in the Indian Idol contest in 2005
- Amit Simhon
- Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
- Amit Shah (born 1964), Indian politician from Gujarat and the current president of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
- Amit Sharma (born 1966), Indian cricketer
- Amit Shukla, Kenyan cricketer
- Amit Singhal, Senior Vice President and software engineer at Google.
- Amit Singh, Indian cricketer
- Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player
- Amit Tamir (born 1979), Israeli basketball player
- Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage, Shri Lankan politician
- Amit Trivedi (born 1979), Indian film music director and singer
Surname
- Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
- Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), Israeli children books author
- Uri Amit
- Daniel Amit
- Yitzchak Amit
- Meir Amit
See also
- All pages beginning with "Amit"
- AMIT, an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
- Amita (disambiguation), feminine form
- Amit, a Taiwanese singer, also known as A-mei, Chang Hui-Mei(張惠妹)
References
- ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899), A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-864308-1
- ↑ Strong, James. Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible. Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. *** For further information, see H5997 (p. 1552)
- ↑ "- nrg - ... :".
- ↑ Simply-Smart. "בחירת שם לתינוק , שמות לילדים , שמות לתינוקות לפי הקבלה , שמות לבנים".
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