Arvind (from ) is a common Indian masculine name meaning lotus. The name is of Hindu origin. Its variants include Aravind, Aravinda, Aravindan, and Aurobindo (). Meaning means sun in the Sanskrit language. In particular, the word may refer to the lotus flower, on which the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity – Lakshmi – sits. It could also refer to the Sanskrit term (meaning the "lotus eyed one"), the 347th name used to describe the Hindu god Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama. Notable people Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician and former bureaucrat Arvind Khanna, Indian politician and businessman Arvind Panagariya, Indian-American economist, professor of economics at Columbia University Arvind Pandey, Indian politician Arvind (computer scientist), Indian-American professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT Arvind Parmar, British tennis player Arvind Sawant, Indian politician Arvind Singh Mewar, Indian businessman, Maharana of Udaipur (Mewar) Arvind Swamy, Indian film actor Arvind Kumar (disambiguation), several people Aravind Aravind Akash, Indian actor Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author Aravind L. Iyer, Indian evolutionary biologist Aravinda Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer Aravinda Akroyd Ghose, better known as Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher Aravinda Chakravarti, American geneticist Other variants Arabinda Muduli, Indian Odia musician, singer and lyricist Arabinda Dhali, politician from Odisha Aravindan Neelakandan, Indian writer Chithambaram Aravindh, Indian chess grandmaster Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi and poet from Bengal References See also Indian masculine given names