Naveen
title: "Naveen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["indian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/india" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naveen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Naveen |
| pronunciation |
| | gender | Male | | language | Sanskrit | | origin | Indian | | meaning | "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative" | | alternative spelling | Navin, Nawin, Nabin, Naween, Navheen, Nhaveen, Naven, Nabeen, Naveen | ::
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| gender = Male | language = Sanskrit | origin = Indian | meaning = "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative" | alternative spelling = Navin, Nawin, Nabin, Naween, Navheen, Nhaveen, Naven, Nabeen, Naveen | name day = | footnotes = | wikt= Naveen or Navin (, ) is an Indian and Pakistani male given name and surname. The word means "new", "young", "bright", "creative". Naveen is chiefly used in Indian languages, and its origin is Sanskrit. 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
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
References
References
- {{MWSD
- "Navin, Nāvin: 6 definitions".
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