Chetan (name)

Chetan is a common Indian and Nepalese first name for males. The Hindi word means 'Spirit Full' or 'Full of Consciousness'; the name is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Chaitanya'.

Chetan

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Sanskrit
Region of origin	India
Other names
Related names	Chaitan, Chaitanya

Chetan may refer to:

• Chetan Anand (badminton), badminton player from India^[1]
• Chetan Anand (director) (1921–1997), Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director^[2]
• Chetan Baboor (born 1974), Indian international table tennis champion^[3]
• Chetan Bhagat (born 1974), Indian author, columnist, and speaker^[4]
• Chetan Chauhan (1947–2020), former Indian cricketer and Member of Parliament^[5]
• Chetan (actor), Tamil television and film actor
• Lucian Chetan (born 1985), Romanian football player
• Chetan Eknath Chitnis (born 1961), Principal Investigator into malaria at ICGEB, New Delhi
• Chetan Hansraj, former model and Indian Film and television actor popular for portraying villain roles in TV serials
• Chetan Joshi, flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition
• Chetan Kumar (born 1984), Kannada film actor
• Chetan Patel (born 1972), former English cricketer
• Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician,
• Chetan Sakariya, Indian Cricketer
• Chetan Sharma (born 1966), medium pace bowler who was a member of the Indian cricket team
• Chetan Sosca, Indian playback singer
• Chetan Suryawanshi (born 1985), Indian born cricketer