# Vinit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vinit/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “humble”, “modest”, “courteous” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vineet |
| US babies named this | 21 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विनीत (vinīta, “humble, modest, courteous”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 7,776 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,761 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,754 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,985 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: विनीत

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.