Dinesh
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| gender = Male
| meaning = "lord of the day", "Sun" in vedic language
| region = South Asia
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Dinesh (Devanagari: {{lang|sa|दिनेश}} {{IAST|dineśa}}) is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit word {{IAST|dineśa}} is a compound of {{IAST|dina}} 'day' and {{IAST|īśa}} 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an epithet of the Sun.{{MWSD}} 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 Chandimal, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dinesh Chandra Sen, Indian researcher on Bengali folklore
- Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American political commentator
- Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan politician
- Dinesh Gupta, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary
- Dinesh Hingoo, Indian actor
- 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 Rambally, Trinidadian politician
- Dinesh Sharma, Indian politician
- Dinesh Singh, Indian politician
- Dinesh Singh, Punjab politician
- Dinesh Subasinghe, Sri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer
- Dinesh Padala,A famous person in india,andhra pradesh,vijayawada
- Dinesh Jajem,A famous person in rajasthan,jaipur