Girish (also spelled as Gireesh) is a masculine
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
name in India which means "lord of the mountain" in Sanskrit ("giri" means rock/mountain and "isha" means shiva). This is a name of Lord
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
, given because of his abode in the
Himalayan Mountains.
People with the given name include:
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Girish Gangadharan, Indian cinematographer
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Gireesh Kumar Sanghi, Indian politician
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Gireesh Puthenchery, Malayalam lyricist
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Gireesh Sahedev
Gireesh Sahdev is an Indian film and television actor who appears in Hindi films and serials. He is best known for his roles in the serials '' Best of Luck Nikki'', '' Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal'', '' Ardhangini – Ek Khoobsurat Jeevan ...
, television actor
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Girish Agarwal, Indian physicist
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Girish Bihari, Indian educationist and IPS officer
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Girish Chandra Ghosh, Bengali theater artist
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Girish Chandra Saxena, a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India
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Girish Chandra Sen, a Brahmo Samaj missionary
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Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwr ...
, Kannada writer, actor
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Girish Kasaravalli
Girish Kasaravalli (born 3 December 1950) is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema. Known internationally for his works, Kasaravalli has garnered fourteen National Film Awards, including f ...
, Kannada film director
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Girish Kohli, Indian author
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Girish Kumar, Bollywood film actor
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Girish Kulkarni, Marathi film actor
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Dr. Girish Mishra, Indian author
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Girish Panchwadkar, Marathi singer and music director
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Girish Paranjpe, Indian businessman
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Girish Sant, social activist and energy policy commentator
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Girish Shambu, American film blogger
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Girish Soni, Indian politician
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Girish Tiwari (Girda), activist and writer
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Girish Wagh, Indian businessman
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K. Gireesh Kumar, Malayalam film director and screenwriter
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