Rajiv
Rajeev is a popular Indian male name, also spelt as Rajiv or Rajib. In Sanskrit Rajiv means "striped". This is used to refer to the blue lotus in Hindu texts. In Ramayana, Lord Rama is also referred as "Rajiv Lochan", meaning "one whose eyes are like lotus flowers". It also referred as a quality of the flower lotus. It is said that lotus flower though grown in mud water doesn't accumulate the mud particles onto it such is the quality being described rajiv. Today, in several Indian languages, including Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, and Kannada the word refers to "lotus flower" (Nelumbo nucifera). Rajiv is also referred as "Rajiv Veera" meaning "One who is brave and can fly".
Notable people named Rajiv or Rajeev
- Rajeev Shirodkar, CIO, Future Generali LIC
- Rajiv Anchal, film director
- Rajiv Bapna, founder and director of Amkette
- Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India
- Rajiv Goswami, political activist
- Rajeev Goyle, failed Congressional candidate from Kansas
- Rajiv Gupta, former general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project
- Rajiv Kapoor, actor
- Rajeev Khandelwal, actor
- Rajiv Kulkarni, former Indian cricketer
- Akshay Kumar, actor (birth name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia)
- Rajeev Kumar, activist and social worker, founder of Movement and Action for Social Services
- Rajiv Mehrotra, journalist
- Rajiv Menon, cinematographer and director
- Rajiv Mishra, media professional
- Rajeev Motwani, professor of computer science
- Rajiv Ouseph, professional English badminton player
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Bharatiya Janta Party politician
- Rajiv Rai, director
- Rajiv Makhni, Managing Editor for Technology and Head of Alternate Media, NDTV India
- Rajib De, Manager - Operation, Senco Gold Limited, Kolkata
Named for Rajiv Gandhi
- After Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, the following were named after him:
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, An Autonomous National Institute, Government of India, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology
- Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, a foundation established to propagate his ideals
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour
- Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, a common technical institute for all colleges in Madhya Pradesh
- Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam
- Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, located in Thane, Maharashtra
- Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, a law school based in Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Rajiv Gandhi National Park, commonly known as Nagarhole National Park, located in Karnataka
- Rajiv Gandhi Trophy boat race, held in Kerala
- Rajiv Gandhi Sethu, commonly known as Bandra-Worli Sea Link, located in Mumbai
- Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, located in Bangalore