Aniket (अनिकेत) is a masculine first name in India that literally means having no residence or houseless in Sanskrit. Another meaning is to whom the entire world is home. The name originates from the Sanskrit language but is more often used as a Bengali name.
The baby name Aniket is a Sanskrit compound, joining the words A, meaning without and Niket, meaning house. Thereby, Aniket can be loosely translated as "homeless". Aniket finds reference in Monier Williams' Sanskrit English Dictionary with meaning houseless. Mention of the Sanskrit name Aniket is found in Agni Purana in which this word refers to a yaksa who became king of the Anga dynasty.
According to graph you can see Aniket name is famous in USA since 1996. According to the data gathered from social networking sites, this name is a pretty popular. Here Aniket is used by more than 3808 people in India as the name of their kids.
In our opinion, Aniket is sweet and common name. If you are looking for name with ok meaning, then Aniket is a good option. Aniket also has a great sort of mythological significance attached to it.
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