Amit

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Amit is a common male name, in India, Nepal and Israel.

In Nepali, Sanskrit, Hindi, and Bengali, Amit (Hindi: अमित),(Bengali: অমিত) means infinite or immeasurable or limitless or boundless. It is the wordstem root of the Amitabha Buddha and one of the 108 names of Hindu God Shri Ganesha. It also means an eternal friend of everyone in Hindi, Nepali and Sanskrit

In Hebrew, Amit (Hebrew: עמית‎) means colleague, friend. The word appears in the Bible in a context vaguely suggesting such a meaning.^[1] 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.^[2] Nevertheless, it is still among most popular names given to Jewish boys in Israel.^[3]

Given name

• Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian English author, best known for his book Freedom Song
• Amit Goyal, Indian scientist
• Amit Gulilai (born 1972), aboriginal name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
• 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 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 Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
• Amit Shah (born 1964), mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, India
• 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

Surname

• Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
• Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), Israeli children books author

See also

• AMIT, an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
• AMIT (musician), UK-based live music artist, composer and producer of Indian origin
• Amita (disambiguation), feminine form
• Amit, a well known aboriginal Taiwanese singer, also known as A-mei, Chang Hui-Mei(張惠妹)

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