MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Navneet mean?
Sanskrit navanīta denotes fresh butter and gives Navneet its meaning. Krishna's childhood narratives make the butter image familiar in devotional naming.
Pronunciation
IAST: navanīta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नवनीत
Letter-by-letter: navanīta
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਨਵਨੀਤ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Navneet in Indian usage
56,016 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 13,396 records (23.9%).
- Recorded as male: 42,620 records (76.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 531 |
| 1960s | 2,254 |
| 1970s | 7,931 |
| 1980s | 21,031 |
| 1990s | 23,990 |
| Other decades | 279 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 17,765 |
| Punjab | 11,561 |
| Bihar | 7,453 |
| Haryana | 4,742 |
| Rajasthan | 3,845 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,328 |
| Delhi | 1,520 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,490 |
| Jharkhand | 1,421 |
| Kerala | 1,113 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,064 |
| Chandigarh | 506 |
| Other states | 208 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Navneet / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Navneet; Table_6, C5608 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Navneet; Table_6, C5608
- Monier-Williams, navanīta, p. 530,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.