'''Ramesh''' is a male given name among Indians and Nepalese. It is a contraction of a Sanskrit epithet of Vishnu, Ramesha (''Rameśa''), which is a conjugation of ''Ramā'', another name of Lakshmi, and ''Īśa'', which means power or lord. It translates to, "lord of Lakshmi".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=D. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4rccspy46sC&dq=Ramesha+lord+of+Lakshmi&pg=PA55 |title=Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: (an Historical, Socio-cultural & Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names |date=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-078-9 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref> It is used among Hindus, Jains and Buddhists and some Christians.<ref name="names">{{cite web|url=https://www.names.org/n/ramesh/about|website=names.org|title=What Does The Name Ramesh Mean?|accessdate=2020-12-25}}</ref><ref name="namepedia">{{cite web|url=http://www.namepedia.org/en/firstname/Ramesh_(7900)/|title=First name Ramesh|website=NamepediA|accessdate=2020-12-25}}</ref><ref name="wiktionary">{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ramesh|title=Ramesh|website=Wiktionary|accessdate=2020-12-25}}</ref>
Notable people with the name include: *Jairam Ramesh (born 1954), Indian politician *Jithan Ramesh (born 1981), Tamil cinema actor *Ramachandran Ramesh (born 1976), Indian chess grandmaster *Sadagoppan Ramesh (born 1975), Indian cricketer and film actor *Viswashkumar Ramesh (born 1984), Indo-British sole survivor of Air India Flight 171 crash. *Ramesh (1946–2020), Iranian singer *Ramesh Aravind (born 1964), Kannada movie actor *Ramesh Bhat, Kannada movie actor *Ramesh Chennithala, (born 1956), Kerala politician *Ramesh Datla, Indian industrialist *Ramesh Karad (born 1968), Indian politician from Maharashtra *Ramesh Krishnan (born 1961), Indian tennis player *Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (1933–1987), Telugu film music director *Ramesh Ponnuru (born 1974), American political commentator *Asogan Ramesh Ramachandren (c. 1973–1998), Singaporean convicted murderer *Ramesh Rushantha (born 1983), Sri Lankan travel vlogger, water sports instructor and deckhand *Ramesh Sippy (born 1947), Indian film producer *Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
==Fictional characters== *Professor Ramesh, fictional astronomer in ''Kim Possible'' *Ramesh Majhu fictional shopkeeper in ''Fags, Mags and Bags''
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