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 actorSuresh Balaje, Indian film producerSuresh Bharadwaj, Indian politicianSuresh (director), Tamil film directorJ. Suresh, Tamil film directorSuresh Gopi (born 1960), Indian Malayalam film actorSuresh Heblikar, Indian Kannada film actorSuresh Joachim, Tamil Canadian film actor, producer and multiple Guinness World Record holderSuresh Krishna (actor), Indian Malayali film actorSuresh Krissna, Indian Tamil film directorSuresh Kumar, American economist and businessman, Director-General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial ServiceSuresh Oberoi, Indian Hindi movie actorSuresh Raina, Indian cricketerSuresh Premachandran, Sri Lankan Tamil politician and leader of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation FrontDaggubati Suresh Babu, Indian Telugu film producerSubra Suresh, Indian born, American engineer and scientist