Amit
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Amit is a common male name. It is common in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, and Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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In Nepali
Nepali
Nepali and Nepalese may refer to something of, from, or related to Nepal, such as* Nepali language, a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family* Nepali literature* Nepali Congress, a Nepalese political party...

, Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, and Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

, Amit means infinite or immeasurable or boundless. It is the wordstem root of the Amitabha Buddha and one of the 108 names of Hindu God Shri Ganesha
Ganesha
Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...

. It also means an eternal friend of everyone in Hindi, Nepali and Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...



In Hebrew, Amit means colleague, friend.

In Arabic, Amit means being highly praised, beloved and victorious. In Islam Amit refers to the traditional Arabian gesture during battles the Muslim army yelled "Yā manṣūr Amit!" and attacked.

Given name

  • Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player
  • Amit Bhandari
    Amit Bhandari
    Amit Bhandari is an Indian cricketer. Having made a forgettable debut in 2000, his performances in the 2001–02 season kept him within striking distance of being re-selected....

     (born 1978), Indian cricketer
  • Amit Chaudhuri
    Amit Chaudhuri
    Amit Chaudhuri is an internationally recognised Indian English author and academic. He is currently Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia.-Life:...

     (born 1962), Indian English author, best known for his book Freedom Song
  • Amit Goswami
    Amit Goswami
    Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968, teaching physics for 32 years...

    , theoretical physicist and best known as one of the physicists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!?
  • Amit Gulilai
    A-Mei
    A-Mei , also known by her birth name Chang Hui-mei , is an aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer and occasional songwriter. She is also known by her aboriginal name Gulilai Amit . She was born in the rugged mountains of eastern Taiwan and is the third youngest of nine siblings. A-mei made her debut in...

     (born 1972), aboriginal name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
    A-Mei
    A-Mei , also known by her birth name Chang Hui-mei , is an aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer and occasional songwriter. She is also known by her aboriginal name Gulilai Amit . She was born in the rugged mountains of eastern Taiwan and is the third youngest of nine siblings. A-mei made her debut in...

  • Amit Kilam, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary fusion music band from India
  • Amit Kumar
    Amit Kumar
    Amit Kumar is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions...

     (born 1952), Indian singer, son of Kishore Kumar
  • Amit Mishra
    Amit Mishra
    Amit Mishra is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm leg break bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. He usually bats number 10 or 11. Mishra is an attacking leg spinner who bowls leg break....

     (born 1982), Indian cricketer
  • Amit S. Bakshi
    Amit S. Bakshi
    Amit S. Bakshi is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne.-References:...

    , Indian hockey player
  • Amit Sana
    Amit Sana
    Amit Sana is an Indian singer. He was the runner-up in the first Indian Idol , a singing competition held in India.He had sung along with Abhijeet Sawant, who was the winner of the Indian idol, in Abhijeet's first album Aapka Abhijeet Sawant. He has made some of his own albums like Chal diye, Yaadein...

    , India singer who finished second in the Indian Idol contest in 2005
  • Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
  • Amit Shah
    Amit Shah
    Amit Shah served from 2005 to 2008 as the mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. He is affiliated with the BJP.Shah is an accountant by profession, and worked at the Ahmedabad District Cooperative bank...

     (born 1964), mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, India
  • Amit Sharma
    Amit Sharma
    Amit Sharma , is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Amit Sharma was considered as an allrounder and was the captain of the U-19 team that visited England in 1994 season and won the test series 1-0 that included a Test match century in the second game....

    , Indian cricketeer
  • Amit Tamir
    Amit Tamir
    Amit Yosef Tamir is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m tall center/forward and he currently plays for Maccabi Rishon LeZion.-Basketball career:...

     (born 1979), Israeli basketball player

Surname

  • Meir Amit
    Meir Amit
    Meir Amit was an Israeli politician and general. He served as Director of the Mossad from 1963 to 1968 before entering politics and holding two ministerial positions.-Biography:...

     (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
  • Galila Ron-Feder Amit
    Galila Ron-Feder Amit
    - Biography :Born in Haifa, Israel and studied in the Hebrew Reali School and later Hebrew University of Jerusalem.She was married to Avi Feder and after their divorce married Meshulam Amit.She has 3 children....

     (born 1949), Israeli children books author

See also

  • AMIT
    AMIT
    AMIT is an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization, dedicated to education in Israel and nurturing Israeli children to become productive, contributing members of society...

    , an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
  • Amita
    Amita
    Amita is a female Indian given name. The name means "infinite" in Sanskrit and is a wordstem of Amitabha. It can refer to:* Amita Bhushan, Indian politician* Amita Dhiri, English actress* Amita Kanekar, Indian writer* Amita Malik, Indian film critic...

    , feminine form
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