Nishānt or Nishanth () is an Indian male name derived from the

sandhi Sandhi ( ; , ) is any of a wide variety of sound changes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries. Examples include fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of one sound depending on nearby sounds or the grammatical function o ...

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

words () meaning ‘night’ and () meaning ‘end’, .

People

* Nishant Jayasankar (born 1985), Malaysian general *

Nish Kumar Nishant Kumar (born 1985) is a British stand-up comedian, television presenter and podcaster. He became known as the host of ''The Mash Report'' on BBC Two and U&Dave, Dave. He has also presented ''Newsjack'' on BBC Radio 4 Extra, ''Joel Domme ...

(born 1985), British stand-up comedian *

Nishant Kumar (cricketer) Nishant Kumar (born 25 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 9 December 2019, for Bihar in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-cl ...

(born 1988), Indian cricketer *

Nishant Pitti Nishant Pitti (born 1986) is the founder of EaseMyTrip. He also worked on the production of several Bollywood films, including Guest iin London. Early life Born in 1986, Nishant Pitti has two other siblings Rikant Pitti and Prashant Pitti. ...

(born 1986), Indian businessman *

Nishant Singh Malkani Nishant Singh Malkani (born 1 September 1987) is an Indian television actor and model. He began his acting career in 2009 with "Miley Jab Hum Tum" portraying the character of Adhiraj Singh. He is well-known for his roles as Akshat Jindal in " G ...

(born 1987), Indian actor and model *

Nishant Shokeen Nishant Shokeen is an Indian film and television actor. He has done several commercial advertisements and television serials. Nishant is currently portraying the role of Lord Krishna in the second season of Zee TV serial Choti Bahu.

, Indian film and television actor * Nishant Tanwar (born 1982), Indian stand-up comedian also known as Joke Singh * Nishanta Bordoloi (born 1977), Indian cricketer *

Nishanth Sagar Nishanth Balakrishnan (born 8 June 1980), known professionally by his stage name Nishanth Sagar , is an Indian actor who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in over 50 films. Career Nishant Sagar made his Malayala ...

(born Nishanth Balakrishnan in 1980), Indian actor *

Nishantha Fernando Nishantha Fernando (born 8 February 1970) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-arm bowler who played for Moratuwa Sports Club Moratuwa Sports Club was a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It competed in the Premier Trophy, Sri Lanka's ...

(born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Nishantha Fernando (carrom player) Wannakuwatte Waduge Dinesh Nishantha Fernando is a Sri Lankan carrom player and a former world number one carrom player. Fernanado was a National Carrom champion in Sri Lanka, who became a Carrom World champion in Men's singles event in 2012 by ...

, Sri Lankan carrom player *

Nishantha Kumara Nishantha Kumara (born 2 March 1985) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018. He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka Police Sports Club i ...

(born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Nishantha Muthuhettigamage is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP; ; ) is a centre-left political party in Sri Lanka. Founded by S. W ...

, Sri Lankan member of parliament *

Nishantha Ranatunga Nishantha Ranatunga (born 22 January 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1993. An all-rounder of note in domestic cricket, he is the brother of former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanjeeva Ranatu ...

(born 1966), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Nishantha Ulugetenne Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, RSP and Bar, VSV, USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Navy officer. He served as 24th Commander of the Navy of the Sri Lanka Navy and current Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba. Early life and education Educated a ...

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