Abhijeet is a masculine name common in the Indian subcontinent. The meaning of Abhijeet is "victorious" or "conqueror" or "who wins" in the Sanskrit language. Abhijit is the Sanskrit name for Vega, the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It also refers to a period of 48 minutes centered on solar noon which is considered a good time (Muhurat) to start any task.
Notable people with the name include:
Abhijit Banerjee, Indian-American economist, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2019
Abhijit Bhaduri, Indian author, columnist and management consultant
Abhijit Chowdhury, India-based independent filmmaker
Abhijit Chakraborty, Indian cricketer
Abhijit Das (born 1969), Indian political leader & social activist
Abhijit Deshmukh (engineer), Indian American engineer
Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire), cricketer umpire
Abhijit Deshpande, Indian cricketer
Abhijit Dey, Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Tripura
Abhijit Guha (Indian Army officer), Indian Army officer
Abhijit Guha (director), Indian film director, actor and writer
Abhijit Kale, former Indian cricketer
Abhijit Kunte, Indian chess player
Abhijit Karambelkar, Indian cricketer
Abhijit Kokate, Indian film editor
Abhijit Pohankar, Indian classical keyboardist and fusion music producer
Abhijit Mukherjee, Indian politician
Abhijit Mondal, Indian footballer
Abhijit Mahalanobis, Indian-American engineer
Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer), Indian cricketer
Abhijit Sarkar (footballer), Indian footballer
Abhijit Salvi, Indian cricketer
Abhijit Sen, former member of the Planning Commission of India
Abhijit Vaghani, Indian music composer and producer
Abhijith (actor), Indian Kannada-language actor
Abhijith Kollam, Indian playback singer, popular in Malayalam
Abhijith P. S. Nair, India violinist
Abhijeet Chavan, Indian actor who works in Marathi and Hindi films
Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player
Abhijeet Singh Sanga, Indian politician
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Indian playback singer best known by his first name
Abhijeet Gupta (born 1989), chess grandmaster
Abhijeet Kosambi (born 1982), classical singer and winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa -Maharashtra cha Maha Gayak Abhijeet Sawant (born 1981), singer and winner of Indian Idol Abhijeeth Poondla, Indian actor who works in Telugu films Abhizeet Asom, Indian politician, chairperson of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) Abijeet (actor), Indian actor, who works in Telugu films