Ajit, variously spelled Ajith, Agith, Ajay, Aje or Ajeet is a common male name derived from Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

. The name used in various forms in India

India

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 nationwide, and in parts of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 where Tamil

Tamil people

Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...

 people are concentrated. The name means invincible or, literally, he who has not been conquered, from the Sanskrit a (not) and jita (conquered). In Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 mythology, it was a name for both Shiva

Shiva

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 and Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

.

Some notable people who share versions of this name are:

• Ajith Kumar
  Ajith Kumar
  Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai . A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with...
  
  , a Tamil film
  Tamil cinema
  Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...
  
   actor.
• Ajit Agarkar
  Ajit Agarkar
  Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar is an Indian international cricketer, who has been on the fringes of the Indian side in both tests and one day matches since his debut in 1998...
  
  , an Indian cricketer
• Ajit Bandyopadhyay
  Ajit Bandyopadhyay
  Ajit Bandyopadhyay, also known as Ajit Banerjee or simply Ajit, is a longtime friend, associate, and narrator of Byomkesh Bakshi in the Bengali detective fiction written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. His characterization is a substantial throwback to Dr...
  
  , a fictional character in the detective series Byomkesh Bakshi
• Ajit Jain
  Ajit Jain
  Ajit Jain is a businessman who currently heads several reinsurance businesses for Berkshire Hathaway and has been touted as a possible successor to Warren Buffett.-Early life:...
  
  , an Indian-born businessman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group
• Ajit Jogi
  Ajit Jogi
  Ajit Jogi was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He currently represents the Marwahi Scheduled Tribe constituency in the state assembly and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party....
  
  , a member of the Indian parliament
• Ajit Wadekar
  Ajit Wadekar
  Ajit Laxman Wadekar is a former international cricketer. He played domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket team....
  
  , a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team
• Ajit Khan, the screen name of Indian film actor Hamid Ali Khan.
• Chaudhary Ajit Singh
  Chaudhary Ajit Singh
  Chaudhary Ajit Singh is an Indian politician and a prominent Jat leader from Western Uttar Pradesh. He is the founder and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a political party recognised in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was born on 12 February 1939 at village Bhadola in the Meerut District of...
  
  , a member of the Indian parliament
• HAL Ajeet, an Indian jet fighter plane
• Ajith C. S. Perera
  Ajith C. S. Perera
  Ajith Chrysantha Stephen Perera, JP, CChem., FRSC , is a Chartered Chemist by Profession, a scholar, a former senior manager in industry, a qualified training instructor and also a former test-match-panel Cricket Umpire....
  
  , eminant Sri Lankan, Disability activist, former Test-match-panel Cricket Umpire, Accessibility advisor and Chief Executive of IDIRIYA
  Idiriya
  IDIRIYA, is a not-for-profit registered humanitarian organisation focusing on disability rights that fully understands disability related access issues that affect a wide range of people in day-to-day life that concerns even their safety and physical, mental and social well being.Based in Sri...
  
  registered voluntary organisation.