Naveen
Name list
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Naveen or Navin (Sanskrit: नवीन, IAST: navīna) 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.
PronunciationEnglish: /nəˈviːn/ nə-VEEN
Sanskrit: [nɐˈʋiːnɐ]
Hindi: [nəˈʋiːn]
Sanskrit: [nɐˈʋiːnɐ]
Hindi: [nəˈʋiːn]
GenderMale
LanguageSanskrit
Word/nameIndian
| Pronunciation | English: /nəˈviːn/ nə-VEEN Sanskrit: [nɐˈʋiːnɐ] Hindi: [nəˈʋiːn] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Indian |
| Meaning | "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Navin, Nawin, Nabin, Naween, Navheen, Nhaveen, Naven, Nabeen, Naveen |
Navean, Naveane, Naveene, Navin (English and Indian), Navine, Navyn, and Navyne are variants of Naveen.
Notable people
Notable people with that name include:
- Ampasayya Naveen (born 1941), Indian novelist
- Naveen Andrews (born 1969), British actor
- Naveen Asrani, Indian cricketer
- Navin Chawla (1945–2025), Indian civil servant and writer
- 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 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
- Prince Naveen, a character in the 2009 Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog
- Naveen, a character in the 2025 videogame Pokémon Legends: Z-A
See also
- Naveen Shahdara, residential area in North East Delhi
