Suresh

Suresh (sureša) is a Sanskrit word which means "Ruler of Gods"; from sur ‘god’ + īša ‘lord’, which is an epithet of the god Indra.^[1]

It is used as a synonym for the Hindu God Vishnu. It may also refer to Devendra or Shiva depending on which branch of Hinduism.

Suresh is a frequently used name for Hindu male children. It is a popular first name in India and a common family name in North America and the Caribbean. Variations of this name in Latin America include Sureza, Sureze, Cires and Cirez. Several of these examples are found on the South-Eastern region of the Dominican Republic (La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís, Boca Chica, etc.)

People with the name Suresh

• Suresh (actor), Indian Tamil-Telugu film actor
• Suresh Balaje, Indian film producer
• Suresh (director), Tamil film director
• J. Suresh, Tamil film director
• Suresh Gopi (born 1960), Indian Malayalam film actor
• Suresh Heblikar, Indian Kannada film actor
• Suresh Joachim, Tamil Canadian film actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holder
• Suresh Krishna (actor), Indian Malayali film actor
• Suresh Krissna, Indian Tamil film director
• Suresh Kumar, American economist and businessman, Director-General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
• Suresh Oberoi, Indian Hindi movie actor
• Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer
• Suresh Premachandran, Sri Lankan Tamil politician and leader of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
• Suresh Babu Daggubati, Indian Telugu film producer
• Subra Suresh, Indian born, American engineer and scientist

Other uses

• Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) – a leading case of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Suresh Joachim, Tamil Canadian film actor, producer & multiple Guinness World Record holder

References

1. Rosalind Fergusson (27 May 2009). Perfect Babies' Names. Random House. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-1-4090-6322-3.