Ajit

This article is about the name. For the 2014 film, see Ajith (film).

Ajit, variously spelled Ajith, Agith, Ajay, Aje or Ajeet (Sanskrit: अजित ajita) is a common male given name. It is used in its various forms throughout India and also in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Etymology

The name is derived from Sanskrit, where its primary meaning is "invincible", "irresistible", "unsurpassed". The literal meaning is "unconquered", from the prefix a- "not", and jita "conquered". It has variously been used to refer to a number of mythological figures, including Shiva and Vishnu in Hinduism, Maitreya in Buddhism and the second of the Arhats in Jainism among others.

People

• Ajith Kumar, a Tamil film actor
• Ajit Agarkar, an Indian cricketer
• Ajit Bandyopadhyay (character), a fictional character in the detective series Byomkesh Bakshi
• Ajit Bandyopadhyay (actor), a Bengali actor
• Ajit Bhattacharjea (1924 - 2011), newspaper editor, The Hindustan Times, The Times of India and The Indian Express
• Ajit Jain, an Indian-born businessman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group
• Ajit Jogi, a member of the Indian parliament
• Ajit Wadekar, a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team
• Ajit Khan, screen name of Indian film actor Hamid Ali Khan
• Chaudhary Ajit Singh, a member of Indian parliament from Uttar Pradesh
• Ajith C. S. Perera, eminent Sri Lankan, Disability activist, former Test-match-panel Cricket Umpire, Accessibility advisor and Chief Executive of IDIRIYA registered voluntary organisation

Other

• Ajit (newspaper), Punjabi daily newspaper
• HAL Ajeet, an Indian jet fighter plane