Nitish

Nitish is an Indian male given name from Sanskrit meaning "ruler of guidance". Notable people with the name include:


 * Nitish Bharadwaj, Indian actor
 * Nitish Chavan (born 1990), Indian Marathi film and television actor
 * Nitish Jain, Indian educationist
 * Nitish Katara, Indian business executive murdered in 2002
 * Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister
 * Nitish Kumar (cricketer), Canadian cricketer
 * Nitish Chandra Laharry (1892–1964), Indian lawyer, social worker and film producer
 * Nitish Mishra, Indian politician
 * Nitish Naik, Indian cardiologist
 * Nitish Rana, Indian cricketer
 * Nitish Kumar Reddy, Indian cricketer
 * Nitish Roy, Indian film art director
 * Nitish Sengupta, Indian Armed Services officer
 * Nitish V. Thakor (born 1952), American biomedical engineer
 * Nitish Veera (1975/6 – 2021), Indian actor who worked in Tamil-language films