Rohit (name)
Rohit is a given name, typically male, used among Indian people. It is also used in some parts of Nepal. It is mostly used by Jains, Hindus, and Sikhs.
The word rohit signifies the color red. It is derived from Sanskrit, meaning 'the first rays of the sun'. The early morning sunlight usually has a reddish tint. It is also said to be derived from the Sanskrit word Rohitah which signifies a red-coloured deer, a form which Brahma once took.
Rohit is also one of the names of the Hindu God Vishnu when he is said to have first arrived on earth as a beautiful red fish. It appears in the Vishnu Sahasranam. Rohit also means a person who leads his family to growth and development. Rohit was also the name of one of Krishna's sons.
People with the given name
- Rohit (actor)
- Rohit Asnodkar, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Bal, Indian fashion designer
- Rohit Bakshi (actor), Indian television actor
- Rohit Bakshi (neurologist), American neurologist
- Rohit Bansal, Indian entrepreneur and businessman
- Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian television actor and model
- Rohit Chadda, Indian entrepreneur and investor
- Rohit Chand, Nepali football player
- Rohit Chopra, American consumer advocate
- Rohit Jugraj Chauhan, Indian writer and director in the Punjabi cinema and Bollywood film industry
- Rohit Dahiya, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Danu, Indian footballer
- Rohit Deshpande, American economist
- Rohit Dhruw, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Gupta, Indian American film director, producer, and editor
- Rohit Jhalani, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Jhanjhariya, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Kalia, Indian Australian actor and model who appears in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language films and television serials
- Rohit Jivanlal Parikh, American mathematician, logician, and philosopher of Indian origin
- Rohit Khandelwal, Indian model, actor, television personality, winner of Mr India 2015
- Rohit "Ro" Khanna, U.S. Congressman from Fremont, California
- Rohit Khare, American computer science entrepreneur
- Rohit Khosla, pioneer of contemporary fashion industry in India
- Rohit Khurana, Indian television actor
- Rohit Kumar (footballer), Indian footballer
- Rohit Kumar (kabaddi), Indian kabaddi player
- Rohit Mehra (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Rohit Kumar Mehraulia, Indian politician
- Rohit Nair, Indian film actor
- Rohit Paudel, Nepalese cricketer
- Rohit Phalke, Indian actor, writer and director
- Rohit Purohit, Indian television actor
- Rohit Raj, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Raju, Indian wrestler
- Rohit Rayudu, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Roy, Indian television star
- Rohit Sabharwal, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Suresh Saraf, Indian actor
- Rohit Sardana, Indian journalist, editor, columnist, anchor, and media personality
- Rohit Sharma (disambiguation), various individuals with the name
- *Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
- *Rohit Sharma (composer), Indian film-composer
- *Rohit Sharma (Fijian politician), Fijian politician
- Rohit Shetty, Indian film director, presenter, and cinematographer
- Rohit Suchanti, Indian television actor
- Rohit Shukla, major in the Indian Army
- Rohit Talwar, Indian cricketer
- Rohit Varma, Indian American ophthalmologist
People with the surname
- Arya Rohit, Indian model, television presenter, and actress in Malayalam films and television
- Esha Rohit, Emirati cricketer
- Damodaran Rohit, Indian cricketer
- Minal Rohit, Indian scientist and systems engineer with the Indian Space Research Organisation
- Nara Rohit, Indian Tollywood film actor
- Ramalingam Rohit, Indian cricketer
Fictional characters with the name
- Rohit Mehra (Krrish), a character in the Krrish franchise