Amit
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Amit is a common male name. It is common in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Asia, Middle-East, and Israel.
In Hebrew, Amit (Hebrew: עמית) means friend.
Amit (Arabic: عاميت) the meaning is highly praised and victorious. In Islam Amit refers to the traditional Arabian gesture during the Battle of Badr the Muslim army yelled "Yā manṣūr amit!" and rushed the Quraishi's.
Amit is also a popular name for Sikhs and Pakistanis.
Amit, in Buddhism is an alternative for Amitava (see Amita) it is a celestial of Buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism.
Amit, in Hinduism means infinite or immeasurable or boundless. It is one of the 108 names of Hindu God Ganesha.
Amit can refer to:
- Amit Bhandari, Indian cricketer
- Amit Chaudhuri, Indian English author, best known for his book Freedom Song.
- Amit Bikram Das, Indian cricket writer and quizzer
- Amit Goswami, theoretical physicist and best known as one of the physicists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!?
- Amit Jadhav, finalist of Fame Gurukul, a famous Indian reality television show
- Amit Jogi, Indian politician, son of Ajit Jogi
- Amit Kilam, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary fusion music band from India
- Amit Mishra, Indian cricketer.
- Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
- Amit Sana, India singer who appeared in Indian Idol in 2005 and finished second
- Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish Pop Music Group A*Teens
- Amit Shah, mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Amit Ben Shushan, Israeli football player
- Amit Tamir, Israeli basketball player
- Amit Bahanda, Founder member of Apna Samaj (www.apnasamaj.org)
- Amit Yoran, former director of National Cyber Security Division, Department of Homeland Security, United States
- Amit Yadav, son of sh Jeet Bahadur Yadav
Amit may also refer to:
- Amorphous metal industrial transformer, a kind of energy efficient transformer
- Association of Maine Interpreters and Translators, an organization based in Maine for translators