Vinay is an Indian name typically meaning guidance, good behaviour, genuinity, politeness, modesty and smart in Sanskrit. It has its origins in the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

language origin. Most Indian languages spell and pronounce the name as is in Sanskrit but in a few other languages such as

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

and Odiya, changes either in spelling or pronunciation or both occur. For example, it may be used as, Binay in Bengali-speaking and Odia- speaking regions. Feminine form of the name is Vinaya or Vinayaa.

Binay Binay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include the members of the influential Binay Family of Makati: * Abigail Binay (born 1975), Filipino politician and current mayor of Makati * Elenita Binay (born 1943), Filipino politician and wif ...

is also a surname popular in Philippines. Vinay may refer to:

People

Academics

* Vinay V. Deodhar, a professor of mathematics at Indiana University *

Vinay Kumar (pathologist) Vinay Kumar (Born Dec 24, 1944, Okara) is the Lowell T. Coggeshall Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago, where he was also the Chairman (2000-2016) of the Department of Pathology. He is a recipient of Life Tim ...

, Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago *

Vinay Kumar Pathak Vinay Kumar Pathak is an Indian professor (Computer Science) who has served as lecturer, Assistant Professor at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur, Project Scientist at IIT Kanpur, and again as Professor and Dean at Harcourt Butle ...

, Indian academic *

Vinay Lal Vinay Lal is an Indian historian. He is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the polit ...

, Indian historian

Arts and entertainment

Vinay Anand Vinay Anand is an Indian actor, having featured in around 60 Hindi and Bhojpuri movies. Known for his roles in movies like '' Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya'', ''Sautela'', '' Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega'' and '' Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa'', he ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Apte Vinay Apte (17 June 1951 – 7 December 2013) was an Indian film and television actor. He acted in several Marathi movies and television shows in his almost 40-year-old career. He has also acted in Hindi movies such as '' Chandni Bar'', '' Ek ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Chandra Maudgalya Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1918 – 1995) was an Indian classical musician, vocalist and the founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music and dance academy for the promotion of Hindustani music and Indian classical dances. He was a follower of Gwa ...

, Indian classical musician *

Vinay Forrt Vinay Kumar (born 13 January 1983), professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He is from Fort Kochi, Kerala and has a postgraduate in acting from Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, India. He made hi ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Govind Vinay Govindankutty better known as Vinay Govind (born 3 March 1988) is an Indian film director. His first feature directional venture, ''Kili Poyi'' debuted on 1 March 2013. The film opened to mixed response from the critics, though found majo ...

, Indian film director *

Vinay Pathak Vinay Pathak (born 27 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including '' Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and '' Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', '' ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Rai Vinay Rai (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil films apart from a few Telugu and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performance in the films ''Unnale Unnale'' (2007), '' Jayamkondaan'' (2008), ''End ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Rajkumar Vinay Rajkumar (born 7 May 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema. The grandson of actor Rajkumar and son of film producer and former actor Raghavendra, he made his debut as a lead actor in 2014 with '' Siddhartha''. Early lif ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Rohrra Vinay Rohrra (born 15 March 1986) is an Indian television actor. He is known for playing the lead role of ''Ranbir'' in the television show '' Ranbir Rano'' on Zee TV and the male lead role of Sharad on ''Badi Door Se Aaye Hai''. Most recentl ...

, Indian actor *

Vinay Saynekar Vinay Saynekar is a type designer, calligrapher and a design educator. He completed his graduation from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai University and joined a paper company, Chimanlal’s Pvt Ltd, as Chief Design Consultant in 1981. He ...

, Indian type designer, calligrapher *

Vinay Shukla Vinay Shukla is an Indian film writer and director, who is producer of Hindi film Godmother. Profile Vinay Shukla has been an active scriptwriter and director of Hindi films over the last three decades. His most well-known film, Godmother, ...

, Indian film writer and director *

Winai Kraibutr Winai Kraibutr (; June 16, 1969 – March 20, 2024) was a Thai actor. He appeared in a number of films that achieved significant success at the Thai box office. He was considered a bankable star in Thailand and achieved minor international expos ...

, Thai actor

Business

*Vinay Maloo, Indian businessman, chairman of

Enso Group Enso Group is a Multinational corporation, multinational diversified Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. The group was founded in 2005 by Chairman Vinay Maloo. It was started with a cluster of oil and gas exploration and production companie ...

Vinay Nair Vinay Nair is a serial entrepreneur and academic. He is involved as an advisor or board member in several companies in financial services, across investment management, venture capital and fintech. He is the founder and chairman of TIFIN, an AI ...

, American investor *

Vinay Nadkarni Vinay Nadkarni (Hindi:विनय नाडकर्णी ''Vinay Nadkaranī'', born: 1962) is an Indian banker at Mumbai, and a voice actor that specializes in dubbing foreign animated media. He is best known for being the official Hindi d ...

, Indian banker

Politics and government

Vinay Bhaskar Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar ( Telugu: డి వినయ భాస్కేర్) (born 22 November 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly in Telangana representing Telangana Rashtra Samithi a.k.a. T.R.S. and Government Chi ...

, Indian politician *

Vinay Katiyar Vinay Katiyar (born 11 November 1954) is a politician and the founder-president of Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in India. He has served as an All India General Secretary of the ...

, Indian politician *Vinay Kore, Indian politician *

Vinay Kumar Pandey Vinay Kumar Pandey (born 18 June 1964) was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Shrawasti constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party. Education and background Pandey was born in ...

, Indian politician *

Vinay Kumar Sorake Vinay Kumar Sorake is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots ...

, Indian politician *

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Vinay Prabhakar Sahasrabuddhe is an Indian politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of India and represented the state of Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha from 2016 to 2022. He has also served as National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

, Indian politician *

Winai Senniam Winai Senniam (; August 22, 1958 - October 20, 2009) was a Thai politician and parliamentarian who served in the House of Representatives of Thailand. Winai was a member of the Democrat Party of Thailand. Winai was the younger brother of the ...

, Thai politician

Science and technology

Vinay Prasad Vinayak "Vinay" Kashyap Prasad is an American hematologist-oncologist and health researcher. He is a professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is the author of the books '' Ending Me ...

, American hematologist-oncologist *

Winai Dahlan Winai Dahlan () (born on 7 January 1952) is the Founder Director of the Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University. He is also the Head of The Lipid and Fat Science Research as well as International Graduate Program Chair in Food and Nutritio ...

, Thai Scientist

Sports

Vinay Bhat Vinay Subrahmanya Bhat (born June 4, 1984) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) Chess career Junior years Bhat first learned to play chess at the age of 6. His mother taught him and his older brother, H ...

, American chess Grandmaster *

Vinay Kumar Vinay Kumar (born 12 February 1984) is an Indian former cricketer and cricket commentator who has represented India at Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 levels. He is a right-arm medium fast bowler who played domestic cricket for ...

, Indian cricketer * Vinay Singh, Indian footballer

Others

* 21644 Vinay, a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1370.4239593 days (3.75 years) *

Jean-Baptiste-Maximien Parchappe de Vinay Jean-Baptiste-Maximien Parchappe de Vinay (21 October 1800 – 12 March 1866) was a French psychiatrist who was a native of Épernay, Marne. Parchappe de Vinay studied in medicine in Rouen and Paris, earning his medical doctorate in 1827. From ...

, French psychiatrist *'' Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?'', Indian Hindi talk show *

Vinay, Isère Vinay () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Vinay is a largely agricultural village. It is commonly known as the walnut capital of Grenoble and boasts over 175,000 trees. Population Twin towns Vinay is twinned w ...

, commune in the Isère department in southeastern France *

Vinay, Marne Vinay () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 610 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following in ...

, commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France * {{disambig Indian masculine given names Masculine given names