Suresh (sureša) is a Sanskrit word which means "Ruler of Gods"; from sur ‘god’ + īša ‘lord’, which is an epithet of the god Indra.
It may be used for the Hindu Gods Vishnu, Indra (Devendra), or Shiva.
Suresh is a popular first name for males in Nepal and India and a common family name in North America and the Caribbean.
People named Suresh include:
Suresh (actor), Indian Tamil-Telugu film actor
Suresh Balaje, Indian film producer
Suresh Bharadwaj, Indian politician
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
Daggubati Suresh Babu, Indian Telugu film producer
Subra Suresh, Indian born, American engineer and scientist
