Naveen or Navin (

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: नवीन, ; ) is an Indian and Pakistani male

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. The word means "new", "young", "bright", "creative". Naveen is chiefly used in Indian languages, and its origin is

. It is derived from the element 'Navina' meaning new. The name 'Navina' is the female form of Naveen. Navean, Naveane, Naveene, Navin (English and Indian), Navine, Navyn, and Navyne are variants of Naveen.

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Notable people with that name include: *

Ampasayya Naveen Dr. 'Ampasayya' Naveen (born 24 December 1941) is a Telugu novelist. He is an Osmania University alumni, and his college life at OU inspired his first novel, ''Ampasayya''. His novel ''Kala Rekhalu'' won the Sahitya Academy Award The Sahit ...

(born 1941), Indian novelist *

Naveen Andrews Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series '' Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primet ...

(born 1969), British actor * Naveen Asrani, Indian cricketer *

Navin Chawla Navin Chawla (30 July 1945 – 1 February 2025) was an Indian civil servant and writer, who served as 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India. Four phases (out of five) of the Indian general election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the ...

(1945–2025), Indian civil servant and writer *

Naveen Jain Naveen K. Jain (; born 6 September 1959) is an Indian-American business executive, entrepreneur, and the founder and former CEO of InfoSpace. InfoSpace briefly became one of the largest internet companies in the American Northwest, before the ...

(born 1959), American chief executive *

Naveen Jindal Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian industrialist, politician, and philanthropist. He is the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power and serves as the Founding Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University. He represents the Kurukshetra ...

(born 1970), Indian politician * Naveen John (born 1986), Indian

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* Naveen Kumar (disambiguation), several people *

Naveen Naqvi Dawn News HD is a Pakistani 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurr ...

, Pakistani journalist *

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician and writer, who served as the 14th List of Chief Ministers of Odisha, Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the List of longest-serving I ...

(born 1946), Indian politician *

Naveen Polishetty Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1989) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu films. He made his debut with the film '' Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya'' (2019). He then appeared in the coming-of-age blockbuster film ...

(born 1989), Indian actor *

Naveen Soni Naveen Soni is an anchor with Zee Business and hosts their stock market and personal finance shows. He is perhaps the oldest and most popular face in Hindi Stock Markets coverage. Soni, a trained Business Economist, did his Post-graduation in Bu ...

, Indian journalist *

Vadde Naveen Vadde Naveen is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu films. His father Vadde Ramesh was a film producer. Career Although his first film released was ''Korukunna Priyudu'' (1997), his first movie as an actor was ''Kranth ...

, Indian actor *

Naveen Waqar Naveen Waqar () (born 9 January 1985) is a Pakistani television actress and former video and radio jockey. She made her acting debut playing the antagonist Sara in 2012 series ''Humsafar.'' Her television appearances include a series of acclaim ...

(born 1982), Pakistani VJ and model. *

Yalavarthi Naveen Babu Yalavarthi Naveen Babu (29 May 1964 – 18 February 2000), or simply Naveen, was an Indian Naxalite leader. Yalavarthi Naveen Babu was born on 29 May 1964 in Guddikayalanka village, Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, India. His family were farme ...

(1964–2000), or simply Naveen, a Naxalite leader in India *

Naveen-ul-Haq Naveen-ul-Haq Murid (born 23 September 1999) is a cricketer who made his international debut for Afghanistan in September 2016. Domestic and T20 franchise career Naveen made his first-class debut for Kabul Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abd ...

(born 1999), Afghan cricketer

Fictional characters

Prince Naveen ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired in part by the 2002 novel '' The Frog Princess'' by E. D. ...

, a character in the 2009 Disney animated film ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American Animation, animated musical film, musical Romance film, romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired in part by the 2002 ...

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