Abhishek

Abhishek

Pronunciation	Sanskrit: [ɐbʰɪʂeːkɐ], Hindi: [əbʰɪʂeːk], Bengali: [ɔbʰiʂek]
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Sanskrit Bengali Hindi Malayalam Tamil Telugu Kannada Marathi Odia Nepali
Origin
Word/name	Sanskrit
Meaning	anointing, anointed, consecration, consecrated, coronation, coronated
Region of origin	India
Other names
Alternative spelling	Abishek

Abhishek is a male given name that has its roots in the Sanskrit word abhiseka. The conceptual meaning of abhiseka is related to purification, cleansing or anointing.

Notable people

• Abhishek (field hockey) (born 1999), Indian field hockey player
• Abhishek Ambekar (born 1991), Indian footballer
• Abhishek Avasthi (born 1982), Indian actor, choreographer, dancer and model
• Abhishek Bachchan (born 1976), Indian actor, entrepreneur, presenter, producer and singer
• Abhisek Banerjee (born 1984), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Banerjee (born 1987), Indian politician and member of parliament
• Abhishek Bhat (born 1989), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Chatterjee (born 1964), Indian actor
• Abhishek Chaubey (born 1977), Indian director and screenwriter
• Abhishek Das (born 1993), Indian footballer
• Abhishek Dhar (born 1970), Indian physicist
• Abhishek Hegde (born 1987), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Jain (born 1986), Indian director and producer
• Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (born 1982), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Kapoor (born 1971), Indian actor, director and writer
• Abhisek Lahiri (born 1983), Indian classical sarod player
• Abhishek Malik (born 1990), Indian actor and model
• Abhishek Matoria, Indian politician
• Abhishek Mishra (born 1977), Indian politician
• Abhishek Nayar (born 1983), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Poddar (born 1968), Indian businessman
• Abhishek Raghuram (born 1985), Indian singer and vocalist
• Abhishek Raut (born 1987), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Rawat (born 1980), Indian actor
• Abhishek Ray, Indian composer and singer
• Abhishek Pratap Shah (born 1982), Nepalese politician
• Abhishek Reddy (born 14 September 1994), Indian cricketer
• Abhishek Shankar , Indian actor and director of Tamil films
• Abhishek Sharma (disambiguation)
• Abhishek Singh (disambiguation)
• Abhishek Shukla (Indian Geriatrician and Physician)
• Abhishek Singhvi (born 1959), Indian politician
• Abhishek Varman, Indian film director
• Abhishek Verma (born 1989), Indian archer
• Abhishek Verma (born 1968), Indian arms dealer
• Abhishek Yadav (born 1980), Indian footballer
• Krishna Abhishek (born 1981), Indian actor and comedian