Sanskrit · Unisex name
Navneet
“fresh butter”
About the name Navneet
Navneet is a name of Sanskrit origin from navanīta, ‘fresh butter’, formed from nava ‘new, fresh’ and nīta ‘drawn, brought’. Butter is closely tied to the child Krishna, who in Hindu stories steals butter from the milkmaids of Vrindavan, and one of his epithets is Navneet Priya, ‘fond of butter’. The name is used for both boys and girls, notably among Sikh and Punjabi families. Navneet Kaur is an Indian field hockey player who has represented India at the Olympics.
- Meaning
- fresh butter
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- nahv-NEET(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Navneet
- Navneet Anjali
- Navneet Priya
- Navneet Meera
- Navneet Sita
- Navneet Nisha
Questions about Navneet
- What does Navneet mean?
- Navneet is a Sanskrit name meaning "fresh butter".
- How do you pronounce Navneet?
- Navneet is pronounced nahv-NEET, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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