Nitish is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “ruler of guidance.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Nitish belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “ruler of guidance” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nitish first appears in Social Security records in 2001. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5797 in 2005, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 83 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nitish means “ruler of guidance” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nitish is a boy name.
Nitish comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Nitish first appears in US records in 2001. Its best-ever ranking was #5797 in 2005, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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