Aravind (from ) is a common Indian masculine name meaning lotus. The name is of Hindu origin. Its variants include Arvind, Aravinda, Aravindan, and Aurobindo ().
Meaning means lotus in the Sanskrit language. In particular, the word may refer to the lotus flower, on which the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity – Lakshmi – sits.
Notable people Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician and former bureaucrat Arvind Khanna, Indian politician and businessman Arvind Panagariya, Indian-American economist, professor of economics at Columbia University Arvind Pandey, Indian politician Arvind Mithal, known simply as Arvind, Indian-American professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT Arvind Parmar, British tennis player Arvind Sawant, Indian politician Arvind Sharma (born 1940), Indian academic Arvind Singh Mewar, Indian businessman, Maharana of Udaipur (Mewar) Arvind Swamy, Indian film actor Arvind Kumar (disambiguation), several people G Aravindan, Indian film director
Aravind Aravind Akash, Indian actor Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author Aravind L. Iyer, Indian evolutionary biologist Aravind Srinivas, Indo-American computer engineer and businessman, owner of Perplexity AI
Aravinda Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer Aravinda Akroyd Ghose, better known as Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher Aravinda Chakravarti, American geneticist
Other variants Arabinda Muduli, Indian Odia musician, singer and lyricist Arabinda Dhali, politician from Odisha Aravindan Neelakandan, Indian writer Aravindh Chithambaram, Indian chess grandmaster Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi and poet from Bengal Aravindh (song), composed by Anirudh Ravichander
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