Girish

Girish (also spelled as Gireesh) is a Hindu name which means "lord of the Mountains" in Sanskrit ("giri" means Mountain and "ish" means God). This is a name of Lord Shiva, given because of his abode in the Himalayan Mountains. Lord Sri Ventakeshwara who resides on top of seven hills called Saptagiri also has Girish as one of his names.

Girish, the king of mountains, is also referred by some to Himavan, father of Shiva's wife Parvati.

Girish is used as a male name in India.

People with the given name

• Gireesh Gangadharan, Indian cinematographer
• Gireesh Kumar Sanghi, Indian politician
• Gireesh Puthenchery, Malayalam lyricist
• Gireesh Sahedev, television actor
• Girish Agarwal, Indian physicist
• Girish Bihari, Indian educationist and IPS officer
• Girish Chandra Ghosh, Bengali theater artist
• Girish Chandra Saxena, a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India
• Girish Chandra Sen, a Brahmo Samaj missionary
• Girish Karnad, Kannada writer, actor
• Girish Kasaravalli, Kannada film director
• Girish Kohli, Indian author
• Girish Kumar, Bollywood film actor
• Girish Kulkarni, Marathi film actor
• Dr. Girish Mishra, Indian author
• Girish Mistry, Indian photographer
• Girish Panchwadkar, Marathi singer and music director
• Girish Paranjpe, Indian businessman
• Girish Sant, social activist and energy policy commentator
• Girish Shambu, American film blogger
• Girish Soni, Indian politician
• Girish Tiwari (Girda), activist and writer
• Girish Wagh, Indian businessman
• K. Gireesh Kumar, Malayalam film director and screenwriter

Others

• Girish Mancha, auditorium in Kolkata
• Girish Park metro station, metro station in Kolkata
• Gayathri Girish, Carnatic vocalist