Sumit
Sumit or Sumeet is a masculine given name. It originated from Devanagari language and means "good friend" or "well pleased".
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Punjabi
Meaning & Origin of Sumit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sumit or Sumeet is a masculine given name. It originated from Devanagari language and means "good friend" or "well pleased".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Punjabi
The Story of Sumit
American parents first put Sumit on the record books as a baby boy name in 1975, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 21 Sumits were born — ranking #2,340 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Sumits. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2008 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 250 Sumits have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sumit
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sumit. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Sumit
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- Sumeet Dogra (born 1969), former Indian cricketer
- Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal (born 1971), Indian television producer
- Sumeet Passi (born 1994), Indian footballer
- Sumeet Raghavan (born 1971), Indian actor
- Sumeet Sachdev (born 1976), Indian television actor
- Sumeet Saigal , former Indian film actor
- Sumeet Samos (born 1993), Indian rapper
- Sumeet Verma (born 1990), Indian cricketer
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Names that sound like Sumit
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About the name Sumit
Sumit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 250 births in the dataset. Sumit's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #2,340. Use the chart and map above to compare Sumit's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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