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: राजीव,

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: রাজীব) is a popular

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ese male name, also spelt Rajeev, Rajive, Rajib, Rajeeb, Rajiva and Rajiba. It is said that the lotus flower (''

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''), though it grows in muddy water, doesn't accumulate the mud particles onto it; such is the quality described as ''rājīv''. Today, in several Indian languages, including

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, Telugu, Bengali,

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, Nepali, Assamese,

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Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

, ''rājīv'' is the word for "lotus flower or ''nelumbo nucifera'' In the '' Rāmāyaṇa'',

Rāma Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda'' ...

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s include ''Rājīv-Lochan'', meaning "one whose eyes are like lotus flowers".

Notable people named Rajiv, Rajive or Rajeev

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

, Indian-Canadian actor and martial artist (birth name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia) * Rajeev, Indian Tamil language actor * Rajiv Anchal, film director * Rajive Bagrodia, American computer scientist * Rajiv Bapna, founder and director of Amkette * Rajeev Bikram Shah, Nepalese politician * Rajiv Dixit, Indian social activist and associated with Swadeshi movement *

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian statesman and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the Assassination of Indira Gandhi, assassination of his mother, then–prime ...

, former Prime Minister of India * Rajiv Goswami, political activist * Rajiv Gupta (technocrat), former general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project * Rajiv Gauba (born 1959), Indian Administrative Service and Home Secretary of India * Rajeev Goyle, United States Congressional candidate from Kansas * Rajeev Khandelwal, Indian actor * Rajiv Joseph, American playwright * Rajiv Kapoor, Indian actor * Rajive Kumar (born 1958), Indian Administrative Service officer and former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh * Rajiv Kulkarni, Indian former cricketer * Rajib Lochan Pegu, Indian politician * Rajiv Mehrotra, Indian journalist *

Rajiv Menon Rajiv Menon (born 20 April 1963) is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a director and cinematographer in several Indian regional film industries. After making his breakthrough as a film cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's Tamil drama ''Bombay' ...

, Indian cinematographer and director *

Rajeev Motwani Rajeev Motwani (Hindi: राजीव मोटवानी , 24 March 1962 – 5 June 2009) was an Indian-American professor of computer science at Stanford University whose research focused on theoretical computer science. He was a special a ...

, Indian professor of computer science * Rajiv Ouseph, English professional badminton player * Rajeev Paul, Indian actor * Rajiv Patel, musician * Rajiv Rai, director *

Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian O ...

, American tennis player * Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Bharatiya Janata Party politician * Rajiv Satyal, Indian-American comedian * Rajiv Shah, American government official * Rajiv Singh (born 1958 or 1959), Indian businessman * Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer of

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Notable people named Rajib or Rajeeb

* Rajib Ghosh, Indian footballer * Rajib Ghorui, Indian footballer * Rajib Banerjee, Indian politician * Rajib Boro, Indian footballer * Rajib Lochan Pegu, Indian politician * Rajib Saha, Indian global business leader * Rajib Dutta (born 1971), Indian former cricketer * Rajib Dutta (born 1980), Indian former cricketer * Rajeeb Dey, British entrepreneur * Rajeeb Samdani, Bangladeshi industrialist and art collector

Notable people named Rajiva

* Rajiva Wijesinha, Sri Lankan writer

Rajib: places

* Al-Rajib in Greater Amman, Jordan * Rajeb or Rajib, town in Jordan; ancient Regev/Reğeb/Ragaba

Notable people named Rajiv, Rajive or Rajeev

Notable people named Rajib or Rajeeb

Notable people named Rajiva

Rajib: places

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