title: Panait
text: # Panait
  
  Panait is a Romanian name derived from the Greek Panagiotis. It is the equivalent of the Bulgarian name Panayot. Other forms include Panaiot, Panaiote, Panaiut, Panaet and Panaitache.
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Bogdan Panait (born 1983), Romanian football player
  * Cristian Panait, Romanian prosecutor for criminal investigation at the Supreme Court of Justice
  * Enache Panait (born 1949), Romanian former wrestler and Olympic competitor
  * Ion Panait (born 1981), amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Panait Cerna (1881–1913), Romanian poet, philosopher, literary critic and translator
  * Panait S. Dumitru or Perpessicius (1891–1971), Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer
  * Panait Istrati (1884–1935), Romanian writer of French and Romanian expression
  * Panait Mușoiu (1864–1944), Romanian anarchist and socialist activist, author of the first Romanian translation of The Communist Manifesto
  