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Amit - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Amit

[ 2 syll. a-mit, am-it ] The boy name Amit is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AAMIYT KEY. Amit is used chiefly in the Indian language and its origin is Sanskrit. The name is of the meaning limitless.

Amit is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1983 with 0.007% of baby boys being given the name Amit. Its ranking then was #746. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is today of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its group, Amit was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008. In the past century Amit has predominantly been a boy name.

Baby names that sound like Amit include Achmed (Arabic and German), Achmet (German), Ahmaad (Arabic), Ahmad (Arabic and German), Ahmaud (Arabic), Ahmed (Arabic and Turkish), Ahmet (Turkish), Almond (English), Amédé (French), Amid (Arabic), Amjad (Arabic and Urdu), Amjed (Arabic), Amund (Scandinavian), Anand (Indian), Anant (Indian), Ananth (Indian), Andi (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Andie (English), Andy (English), and Ante (Slavic).

KEY: English pronunciation for Amit: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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