Ashish or Aashish is a male given name. This name is most common in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. It literally means blessing from the elderly or from God or Aashirwaad (blessing) in Hindi.
Notable people with name 《Aashish/Ashish》
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Aashish Rana, Nepali singer and actor
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Aashish Chaudhary
''Ashish Chaudhary'' (born 21 July 1978) is an Indian television actor who has acted in many Hindi films and TV shows. He is best known for portraying Boman in the comedy films ''Dhamaal'' and ''Double Dhamaal'', winning '' Fear Factor: Khatron ...
, Indian film actor
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Aashish Kapoor
Aashish Rakesh Kapoor (; born 25 March 1971) is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals from 1994 to 2000. A right-arm off spinner and right-handed lower-order batsman, he was a member of the 1996 ...
, Indian cricketer
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Aashish Kiphayet, A New York-based journalist who focuses on Bangladesh and South Asia
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Ashish Bagai
Ashish Bagai (born 26 January 1982) is the former captain of the Canadian cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who specialises as a wicketkeeper.
Early life
He studied at St. Columba's School during his brief stay in Delhi, India. He ...
, Canadian cricketer
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Ashish Chauhan
Ashishkumar Chauhan is an Indian business executive, administrator and current Chancellor of University of Allahabad. In July 2022, Chauhan is managing director and chief executive officer of National Stock Exchange (NSE). He was the managin ...
, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Bombay Stock Exchange
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Ashish Gulhati, Online activist and open source hacker
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Ashish Jha
Ashish Kumar Jha (born December 31, 1970) is an Indian-American general internist physician and academic serving as the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator. He is currently on a short-term leave from the Brown University School of Public H ...
Indian-American physician
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Aashish Khan
Aashish Khan Debsharma (born 5 December 1939) is an Indian classical musician, a player of the sarod. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 in the 'Best World Music' category for his album "Golden Strings of the Sarode". He is also a recip ...
, Indian Classical Musician, Sarod Virtuoso
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Ashish Khetan
Ashish Khetan is an Indian lawyer and journalist.
Political life
In 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party and fought the 2014 Indian General Election from New Delhi but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Meenakshi Lekhi.
In 2015, he w ...
, Indian journalist and politician
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Ashish Kumar, Indian gymnast, Commonwealth Games(2010)silver and bronze medalist
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Ashish Kumar Ballal
Ashish Kumar Ballal (born 8 October 1970) is a former Indian goalkeeper of field hockey. He represented India in 275 international matches in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup, 1990 World cup, 3 Hockey Champions Trop ...
, Indian hockey and Arjuna awardee
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Ashish Nehra
Ashish Nehra (; born 29 April 1979) is a cricket coach and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Nehra announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in late 2017, with the Twenty20 International match against New Zealan ...
, Indian cricketer, a bowler of fast-medium pace
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Ashish Patel
Ashish Patel (born July 31, 1975) is a Canadian cricketer. A medium-pacer, he took his place in the team given the absence of several players for the 2002 ICC Americas Championship, followed by a strong performance in the 2002 ICC Six Nations C ...
, Canadian cricketer, a medium pace bowler
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Ashish Sharma
Ashish Sharma is an Indian film and television actor. He is recognized for his role of Prithvi Vallabh in '' Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi, Rahasya Bhi,'' Rama in ''Siya Ke Ram,'' Major Rudra Pratap Ranawat in ''Rangrasiya'', Ranveer Singh/Fa ...
, Indian actor
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Ashish Thakkar
Ashish J. Thakkar is a Rwandan-based entrepreneur. He is the founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation, and he is a co-founder of Atlas Mara Limited. Thakkar was born in the United Kingdom, but he moved to East Africa as a teenager before foun ...
, Founder of Mara Group
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Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received t ...
, National Award winning actor in India
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Ashish Zaidi
Ashish Winston Zaidi, popularly known as Zaidi is an Indian cricketer, who has represented Uttar Pradesh in 157 first-class matches, as a Fast bowler between 1988 and 2006. He was almost selected to play for India in his heyday. Due to his Hi ...
, India's first class cricketer
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