Hemant

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Hemant
Pronunciation/ˈhɛmənt/ HEM-ənt
Hindi pronunciation: [ˈɦeːmənt]
GenderMale
Other gender
FeminineHaimanti
Origin
Language(s)Sanskrit
Word/nameIndo-Aryan
Meaningnamesake of Hemanta, one of the six Indian ecological seasons.
Region of originIndian subcontinent
Other names
Variant form(s)Hemanta, Hemanth, Hemantha
Related namesBasant, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Shishir

Hemant, (Sanskrit: हेमन्त, romanizedHemanta) is an Indian male given name. It is the namesake of Hemanta, one of the six Indian ecological seasons—Ritu—in northern half of Indian subcontinent, which runs in early winter approximately from November to December. The female version of the name is Haimanti.

Notable people named Hemant include: