Nisha

Nisha, meaning "night" in Sanskrit (निशा, nishā), is an Indian female given name, and may refer to:

People

• Nisha Botchwey, Jamaican-American academic administrator
• Nisha Ganatra (born 1974), Canadian director, writer
• Nisha Nayar, British actress
• Nisha Noor (1962-2007), Indian actress
• Nisha Patel-Nasri (1977–2006), murdered British policewoman
• Nisha Rajagopal (born 1980), Carnatic singer
• Nisha Agarwal (born 1989), Indian actress
• Nisha Adhikari (born 1986), Nepali actress
• Nisha Warsi (born 1995), field hockey player

Characters

Film and television

• Nisha Bains, a station café waitress on Postman Pat, a BBC stop motion animated children's television series aimed at pre-school children
• Nisha Chopra, a character played by Juhi Chawla in the 1999 film Arjun Pandit
• Nisha Choudhury, a character played by Madhuri Dixit in the 1994 Bollywood film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
• Nisha Patel / Nisha Kumar, a character played by Mumtaz in the 1971 film Tere Mere Sapne
• Nisha Thappar, a character played by Karisma Kapoor in the 2001 film Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love
• Nisha, a character in the 2003 Pakistani film Pyar Hi Pyar Mein
• Nisha, a character played by Raveena Tandon in the 2000 Indian film Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye
• Nisha, a character played by Supriya Pathak in the 1983 film Bekaraar
• Nisha, a character played by Sunetra Sarker in Brookside, a soap opera based in Liverpool that first aired in 1982
• Nisha, a character played by Preity Zinta in Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), and again in Krrish (2006), a Bollywood science fiction film
• Nisha, a character played by Karisma Kapoor Dil To Pagal Hai a 1997 Bollywood comedy-drama
• Nisha, a character played by Mumtaz in the 1971 film Kathputli
• Nisha, a character played by Manisha Koirala in the 1993 film Insaniyat Ke Devta
• Nisha, a character played by Neelima Azim in the 1995 film Zamaana Deewana
• Nisha, a character played by Sonali Bendre in the 1998 film Major Saab
• Nisha, a character played by Sonali Bendre in the 2000 film Dhai Akshar Prem Ke
• Nisha, a character played by Shilpa Shetty in the 1996 film Himmat
• Nisha, a character played by Mahima Chaudhry in the 1999 film Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin
• Nisha, a character played by Himani Shivpuri in the film Anjaam
• Nisha, a character played by Tamannaah in the 2010 Tamil film Thillalangadi
• Nisha, a character played by Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the 2012 Tamil film Podaa Podi
• Nisha, a character played by Esha Gupta in the 2013 film Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
• Nisha, a character played by Kajal Agarwal in the 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki
• Nisha, a character played by Nikki Galrani in the 2015 Tamil film Darling

Video games

• Nisha the Lawbringer, a playable character in the 2014 video game Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
• Nisha Roberts, a playable character in the video game The Art of the Heist

Other

• Cyclone Nisha, several tropical cyclones
• Nisha Nimantran, a poem by the Indian poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan