Rohit ( Devanagri: रोहित), ) is a

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, typically male, used among

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n people. It is also used in some parts of Nepal. It is mostly used by Jains,

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, and

Sikhs Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Sikh'' ...

. The word ''rohit'' signifies the color red. It is derived from

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, meaning 'the first rays of the sun'. The early morning sunlight usually has a reddish tint. It is also said to be derived from the Sanskrit word Rohitah (रोहित: ) which signifies a red-coloured deer, a form which

Brahma Brahma (, ) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the triple deity, trinity of Para Brahman, supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity, Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 212– ...

once took. Rohit is also one of the names of the Hindu God

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when he is said to have first arrived on earth as a beautiful red fish. It appears in the Vishnu Sahasranam (विष्णु सहस्रणाम, '1000 names of Vishnu'). Rohit also means a person who leads his family to growth and development (a commonly held belief in Hindu families). Rohit was also the name of one of

Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

's sons.

People with the given name

* Rohit (actor) (fl. 2000s) * Rohit Asnodkar (born 1986), Indian cricketer *

Rohit Bal Rohit Bal (8 May 1961 – 1 November 2024) was an Indian fashion designer, known for his designs catering to both men and women. He began his career in 1986, founding Orchid Oversea Pvt. Ltd with his brother, and debuted his independent collecti ...

(born 1961), Indian fashion designer * Rohit Bakshi (actor), Indian television actor * Rohit Bakshi (neurologist), American neurologist * Rohit Bansal, Indian entrepreneur and businessman * Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian television actor and model * C. Rohit Yadav (born 1995), Indian badminton player * Rohit Chadda (born 1982), Indian entrepreneur and investor * Rohit Chand (born 1992), Nepali football player * Rohit Chopra, American consumer advocate * Rohit Jugraj Chauhan, Indian writer and director in the Punjabi cinema and Bollywood film industry * Rohit Dahiya (born 1988), Indian cricketer * Rohit Danu (born 2002), Indian footballer * Rohit Deshpande, American economist * Rohit Dhruw (born 1982), Indian cricketer * Rohit Gupta,

Indian American Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the United States, who ar ...

film director, producer, and editor * Rohit Iyengar (born 1995), Dubai-based Indian artist * Rohit Jhalani (born 1978), Indian cricketer * Rohit Jhanjhariya (born 1990), Indian cricketer * Rohit Kalia, Indian Australian actor and model who appears in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language films and television serials * Rohit Jivanlal Parikh (born 1936), American mathematician, logician, and philosopher of Indian origin * Rohit Khandelwal (born 1989), Indian model, actor, television personality, winner of Mr India 2015 * Rohit "Ro" Khanna (born 1976), U.S. Congressman from Fremont, California * Rohit Khare, American computer science entrepreneur * Rohit Khosla (1958–1994), pioneer of contemporary fashion industry in India * Rohit Khurana, Indian television actor * Rohit Kumar (footballer) (born 1997), Indian footballer * Rohit Kumar (kabaddi), Indian kabaddi player * Rohit Mehra (cricketer) (born 1978), Indian cricketer * Rohit Kumar Mehraulia (born 1976), Indian politician * Rohit Nair (born 1990), Indian film actor * Rohit Paudel (born 2002), Nepalese cricketer * Rohit Phalke (born 1997), Indian actor, writer and director * Rohit Purohit (born 1986), Indian television actor * Rohit Raj (born 1993), Indian cricketer * Rohit Raju, Indian wrestler * Rohit Rayudu (born 1994), Indian cricketer * Rohit Roy, Indian television star * Rohit Sabharwal (born 1978), Indian cricketer * Rohit Suresh Saraf (born 1996), Indian actor * Rohit Sardana, Indian journalist, editor, columnist, anchor, and media personality * Rohit Sharma (disambiguation), various individuals with the name **

Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian Cricket, international cricketer and the Captain (cricket), captain of the India national cricket team, national team in One Day International, ODIs. He is also a former captain in Tests and T20 ...

(born 1987), Indian cricketer **

Rohit Sharma (composer) Rohit Sharma is an Indian Film score, film composer, most famously known for being the music director of the film ''The Kashmir Files''. His film composing career began during the early 2010s when he composed the song 'Naham Janami' which was ...

, Indian film-composer ** Rohit Sharma (Fijian politician), Fijian politician *

Rohit Shetty Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, stuntman, producer and television personality who works in Hindi cinema. A notable director of Hindi cinema, his movies often mix the genres of action comedy and masala f ...

(born 1973), Indian film director, presenter, and cinematographer * Rohit Suchanti, Indian television actor * Rohit Shukla, major in the Indian Army * Rohit Talwar (1965–2014), Indian cricketer * Rohit Varma,

ophthalmologist

People with the surname

* Arya Rohit, Indian model, television presenter, and actress in Malayalam films and television * Esha Rohit (born 1998), Emirati cricketer * Damodaran Rohit (born 1992), Indian cricketer * Minal Rohit, Indian scientist and systems engineer with the Indian Space Research Organisation * Nara Rohit (born 1984), Indian Tollywood film actor * Ramalingam Rohit (born 1992), Indian cricketer

Fictional characters with the name

* Rohit Mehra (Krrish), a character in the

Krrish ''Krrish'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language superhero action thriller film directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Hrithik Roshan in a dual role, alongside Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha, Sharat Saxena and Man ...

franchise

References

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