Given name
Vineet
“a modest man”
Vineet is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a modest man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a modest man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vineet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 247
- 247 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,225 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vineet’s family of names
In English usage, Vineet has a related form in VINIT. In English usage, Vineet has a related form in VINIT. In English usage, Vineet has a related form in VINEETH.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vineet has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vineet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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