Girish (also spelled as Gireesh) is a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

name which means "lord of the mountain " in Sanskrit ("giri" means rock/mountain and "isha" means shiva). This is a name of Lord Shiva, given because of his abode in the Himalayan Mountains. Girish is used as a male name in India.

People with the given name

Girish Gangadharan Girish Gangadharan ISC (born 13 March 1985) is an Indian cinematographer known for his work in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is the recipient of National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the 2019 film ''Jallikkattu'' directed b ...

, Indian cinematographer *

Gireesh Kumar Sanghi Gireesh Kumar Sanghi (born 8 March 1955) is an industrialist and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of India for the Indian National Congress party representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament. Sanghi ...

, Indian politician * Gireesh Puthenchery, Malayalam lyricist * Gireesh Sahedev, television actor * Girish Agarwal, Indian physicist *

Girish Bihari Dr Girish Bihari (5 March 1938 – 29 April 2009) was an Indian educationist and Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He joined the IPS in 1961, and held the post of Director General of Police in the state of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; ...

, Indian educationist and IPS officer * Girish Chandra Ghosh, Bengali theater artist *

Girish Chandra Saxena Girish Chandra 'Gary' Saxena (5 January 1928 – 14 April 2017) was a governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the ...

, a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India *

Girish Chandra Sen Girish Chandra Sen ( – 15 August 1910) was a Bengali religious scholar and translator. He was a Brahmo Samaj missionary and known for being the first publisher of the '' Qur’an'' into Bengali language in 1886. Early life Sen was born in a ...

, a Brahmo Samaj missionary * Girish Karnad, Kannada writer, actor * Girish Kasaravalli, Kannada film director *

Girish Kohli __NOTOC__ Girish Kohli (born 29 November 1983 in Mumbai) is an Indian author and screenwriter. He is the writer of the thrillers ''Mom (film), Mom'' (2017) and ''HIT: The First Case (2022 film), HIT: The First Case'' (2022) and historical war d ...

, Indian author * Girish Kumar, Bollywood film actor * Girish Kulkarni, Marathi film actor *

Dr. Girish Mishra Dr. Girish Mishra was an Indian author, columnist, teacher and commentator. He is famous for his commentary on Indian economy for nearly past half century. Life Dr. Girish Mishra Born in Champaran, Bihar. He earned a Master of Arts as well as ...

, Indian author *

Girish Panchwadkar Girish Panchwadkar ( mr, गिरीश पंचवाडकर; born 1 July 1960) is a Marathi singer and Music director from India. Career Girish learned music from his father Bhalchandra Panchwadkar. He formed a music group "Kshitij". H ...

, Marathi singer and music director * Girish Paranjpe, Indian businessman *

Girish Sant Girish Sant was a noted energy analyst held in high esteem as an energy policy commentator from India. He co-founded the non-governmental organisation Prayas in Pune, India. His analytical inputs helped shape India's energy policy over the decade ...

, social activist and energy policy commentator *

Girish Shambu Girish Shambu is an American film blogger, cinephile, film critic and educator. Besides maintaining an eponymous blog, which has become a popular center for the film blogging community, Shambu has contributed writing to including ''Senses of Cine ...

, American film blogger *

Girish Soni Girish Soni Is an Indian politician of the Aam Aadmi Party and a former cabinet minister of SC & ST, Employment, Development and Labour of Delhi (28 December 2013 – 14 February 2014) under chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. He is currently a Mem ...

, Indian politician *

Girish Tiwari (Girda) Girish Tiwari "Girda" (10 September 1945 – 22 August 2010) was a scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, literary writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India. Early life Born on 10 September 1945 in the village ...

, activist and writer * Girish Wagh, Indian businessman *

K. Gireesh Kumar K. Gireesh Kumar is an Indian screenwriter in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for t ...

, Malayalam film director and screenwriter ; Others * Girish Mancha, auditorium in Kolkata * Girish Park metro station, metro station in Kolkata * Gayathri Girish, Carnatic vocalist {{given name Indian masculine given names Hindu given names