| Pronunciation | /nəˈviːn/ na-VEEN |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Sanskrit |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Indian |
| Meaning | "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Navin, Nawin, Nabin, Naween, Navheen, Nhaveen, Naven, Nabeen, Naveen |
Naveen or Navin (Sanskrit: नवीन, IAST: navīna; /nəˈviːn/ na-VEEN) is an Indian and Pakistani male given name and surname. The word means "new", "young", "bright", "creative".[1] Naveen is chiefly used in Indian languages, and its origin is Sanskrit.[2] 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.
Notable People[edit]
Notable people with that name include:
- Ampasayya Naveen (born 1941), Indian novelist
- Naveen Andrews (born 1969), British actor
- Naveen Asrani, Indian cricketer
- Navin Chawla (born 1945), Indian bureaucrat
- Naveen Jain (born 1959), American chief executive
- Naveen Jindal (born 1970), Indian politician
- Naveen John (born 1986), Indian racing cyclist
- Naveen Kumar (disambiguation), several people
- Naveen Naqvi, Pakistani journalist
- Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), Indian politician
- Naveen Perwani (born 1971), Pakistani snooker player
- Naveen Polishetty (born 1989), Indian actor
- Naveen Soni, Indian journalist
- Vadde Naveen, Indian actor
- Naveen Waqar(born 1982), Pakistani VJ and model.
- Yalavarthi Naveen Babu (1964–2000), or simply Naveen, a Naxalite leader in India
- Naveen-ul-Haq (born 1999), Afghan cricketer
Fictional characters[edit]
- Prince Naveen, a character in the 2009 Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog
See also[edit]
- Naveen Shahdara, residential area in North East Delhi
References[edit]
- ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.
- ^ "Navin, Nāvin: 6 definitions". Wisdom Library. Retrieved 21 March 2023.