Dinesh

Dinesh
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"lord of the day", "Sun" in Hindu Mythology
Region of origin	South Asia

Dinesh (Devanagari: दिनेश dineśa) is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit word dineśa is a compound of dina 'day' and īśa 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an epithet of the Sun.[1] Notable people with the name include:

Dinesh, Indian film actor
Dinesh Baboo, Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter
Dinesh Chand, Fijian golfer
Dinesh Chandra Sen, Indian researcher on Bengali folklore
Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American Christian apologist
Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan politician
Dinesh Gupta, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary
Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
Dinesh Kumar, Indian choreographer
Dinesh Lamba, Indian actor
Dinesh Mongia, Indian cricketer
Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Indian governor
Dinesh Nayak, Indian Hockey player
Dinesh Patel, Indian professional baseball player
Dinesh Prasad Singh, Indian politician
Dinesh Singh, Indian politician
Dinesh Singh, Punjab politician

References

Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[1] Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.