Nilantha is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Nilantha Bopage (born 1972), Sri Lankan cricketer Nilantha Cooray (born 1978), Sri Lankan cricketer Nilantha Jayawardena, Sri Lankan police officer Nilantha Premaratne, Sri Lankan army general and 26th Commander of the Army Nilantha Ratnayake (born 1968), Sri Lankan cricketer Nilantha Tillakaratne (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer