Abhijit (or Abijit, Abhijeet or Abhijith etc.) is a masculine name common in the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...
. The meaning of Abhijit is "victorious", "conqueror", or "who wins" in the Sanskrit language. Abhijit is the Sanskrit name for
Vega
Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only from the Sun, and ...
, the brightest star in the northern constellation of
Lyra
, from ; pronounced: ) is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra was often represented on star ...
.
Notable people with the name include:
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Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is co-founder and co-director of the ...
, Indian-American economist, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2019
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Abhijit Bhaduri, Indian author, columnist and management consultant
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Abhijit Chowdhury, India-based independent filmmaker
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Abhijit Chakraborty, Indian cricketer
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Abhijit Das (born 1969), Indian political leader & social activist
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Abhijit Deshmukh (engineer), Indian American engineer
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Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire), cricketer umpire
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Abhijit Deshpande, Indian cricketer
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Abhijit Dey, Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Tripura
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Abhijit Guha (Indian Army officer), Indian Army officer
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Abhijit Guha (director), Indian film director, actor and writer
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Abhijit Kale, former Indian cricketer
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Abhijit Kunte
Abhijit Kunte (born 3 March 1977) is an Indian chess player from Pune who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster.
Biography
He has participated many times in the Indian Chess Championship, winning two gold medals (1997, 2000) ...
, Indian chess player
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Abhijit Karambelkar, Indian cricketer
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Abhijit Kokate, Indian film editor
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Abhijit Pohankar, Indian classical keyboardist and fusion music producer
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Abhijit Mukherjee, Indian politician
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Abhijit Mondal, Indian footballer
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Abhijit Mahalanobis, Indian-American engineer
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Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer), Indian cricketer
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Abhijit Sarkar (footballer), Indian footballer
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Abhijit Salvi, Indian cricketer
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Abhijit Sen, former member of the Planning Commission of India
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Abhijit Vaghani
Abhijit Vaghani is an Indian film score composer, music composer and music producer.
Personal life
Abhijit Vaghani is a Gujarati. He received a diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE), London. He was origina ...
, Indian music composer and producer
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Abhijith (actor), Indian Kannada-language actor
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Abhijith Kollam, Indian playback singer, popular in Malayalam
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Abhijith P. S. Nair, India violinist
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Abhijeet Chavan
Abhijeet Chavan is a Marathi and Hindi film, television and stage actor, notable for his comic roles in Marathi theatre, film and television industry in India. He played the role of Shridhar Mahajan in the Colors Marathi's daily soap ''Asa Saas ...
, Indian actor who works in Marathi and Hindi films
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Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player
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Abhijeet Singh Sanga, Indian politician
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Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), professionally known as Abhijeet, is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in the Hindi film industry. As well as Hindi, he has sung in his native language Bengali and in other languages inc ...
, Indian playback singer best known by his first name
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Abhijeet Gupta (born 1989), chess grandmaster
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Abhijeet Kosambi (born 1982), classical singer and winner of ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' -Maharashtra cha Maha Gayak
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Abhijeet Sawant (born 1981), singer and winner of ''Indian Idol''
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Abhijeeth Poondla, Indian actor who works in Telugu films
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Abhizeet Asom, Indian politician, chairperson of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent)
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Abijeet (actor), Indian actor, who works in Telugu films
References
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Indian masculine given names
Masculine given names