Srinivas (Sanskrit श्रीनिवास) is a name for males in India. The word Srinivas is combination of two Sanskrit words, Sri (श्री) and nivasa (निवास).
Sri means 'radiance' or 'diffusing light'; nivasa means 'place of residence'. Srinivas is a common reference to Venkateswara (Vishnu), who is considered to be the source of light (as a metaphor for life) in Hindu scriptures.
Sri has also the meaning of Lakshmi who is rendered to be embodied within Venkateswara. Hence the alternate meaning "One within whom Lakshmi (prosperity) lives".
Srinivas is a modernized version of the original Sanskrit/Hindu name Srinivasa. The use of the word Srinivasan instead of Srinivas is common in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Similarly, the dialectical word, Srinivasulu, is commonly used in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The name is also very much prevalent in Orissa, Maharastra and Karnataka, among other parts of India.
The other variants in English spelling include Sreenivas, Shrinivas, Shreenivas, Srinibas, Shrinibas.
The name Srinivas is also kept for new houses.
Music and art
Srinivas Avasarala, Actor
P. B. Sreenivas, Indian singer
Srinivas, Singer
U. Srinivas, Indian musician
Vandemataram Srinivas, Indian musician
Deshapathi Srinivas, Telangana Revolutionary singer
Dharmapuri Srinivas, Indian politician
Grandhi Srinivas, Indian politician
Ullal Srinivas Mallya, Indian politician
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician
Vaman Srinivas Kudva, Indian businessman
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer
Madapusi Srinivasaprasad, Indian cricketer
M. N. Srinivas, Indian sociologist
Srinivas Kumar Sinha, Indian soldier
Srinivasan or Sreenivasan may also refer to
Note: In this Indian name, the name Srinivasan is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name.
G. Srinivasan, Indian film maker
M. B. Sreenivasan, Indian music director
N. Srinivasan, Indian industrialist, chemical engineer, sports administrator and socialite
P. Seenivasan, Indian politician, Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1972
R. Srinivasan, Indian politician, member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
T. E. Srinivasan, Indian cricketer
T. N. Srinivasan, economist
Srinivasan Keshav, scientist
Sreenivasan (actor), Malayalam script writer and actor
Akhila Srinivasan, Indian business woman
Hari Sreenivasan (b. 1974), Indian-American TV journalist
Krishnan Srinivasan, Indian diplomat
Mandyam Srinivasan, Australian scientist
Rangaswamy Srinivasan, scientist
Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician
Sri Srinivasan, American judge
Subramaniam Srinivasan, Indian filmmaker
Thengai Srinivasan, Indian actor
Vineeth Sreenivasan, Indian singer
Yogi Srinivasan, Indian actor
