Naveen or Navin (
Sanskrit
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: नवीन,
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
: நவீன், ; meaning "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative")
is an Indian
given name and
surname.
syll. na-vee(n), nav-e-en The baby boy name Naveen is pronounced as NEYVIY-N †. Naveen is used chiefly in the English and Indian languages, and its origin is Sanskrit and Tamil. It is derived from the element 'navina' meaning new. The name Navina (English and Indian) is the female form of Naveen.
Navean, Naveane, Naveene, Navin (English and Indian), Navine, Navyn, and Navyne are variants of Naveen.
Notable people with that name include:
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Naveen Eugene, IBM
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Ampasayya Naveen, Indian novelist
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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 ...
, British actor
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Naveen Asrani
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Navin Chawla (born 30 July 1945) is a retired 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 Loksabha were executed under his supervision in ...
, Indian bureaucrat
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Naveen Jain
Naveen K. Jain (; born September 6, 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 th ...
, American chief executive
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Naveen Jindal
Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra, Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power ...
, Indian politician
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Naveen Kumar (disambiguation) Naveen Kumar may refer to:
* Naveen Kumar (athlete) (born 1988), Indian athlete
* Naveen Kumar (musician) (born 1965), Indian flautist
* Naveen Kumar (footballer), Indian goalkeeper
* Navin Kumar (born 1952), Indian civil servant
* Naveen Kumar ( ...
, several people
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Naveen Naqvi, Pakistani journalist
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Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief m ...
, Indian politician
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Naveen Perwani, Pakistani snooker player
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Naveen Polishetty, Indian actor
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Naveen Soni, Indian journalist
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Vadde Naveen, Indian actor
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Naveen Waqar, Pakistani VJ and model.
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Yalavarthi Naveen Babu (1964–2000), or simply Naveen, a Naxalite leader in India
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Naveen-ul-Haq
Naveen-ul-Haq Murid (born 23 September 1999) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2016.
Domestic and T20 franchise career
Naveen made his first-class debut for Kabul Region in ...
, Afghan cricketer
Fictional characters
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Prince Naveen, a character in the 2009 Disney animated film ''
The Princess and the Frog
''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the 2 ...
''
See also
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Naveen Shahdara, residential area in North East Delhi
References
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Indian masculine given names