Suri (name)
Suri is both a surname and a given name dually originating from both Sher Shah Suri, emperor of the Suri Dynasty, and from the Sanskrit word meaning "wise" or "learned".
Those of the former represent themselves as descendants of Muhammad Suri, one of the princes of house of the Ghorian.
Those of the latter mostly belong to the Suri clan of the Khukhrain tribe of the Khatri people of North India.
Notable people with either origin of the name include:
;Given name
- Suri Cruise, daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
- Suri Gopalakrishna, former cricketer from India
- Suri Krishnamma, British film and television director
- Suri Ratnapala, Australian academic
- Suri Sehgal, American philanthropist born in India
- Amir Suri, king of Ghor region, defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni
- Amir Kror Suri, legendary character of the book Pata Khazana
- Suri Bhagavantam, Indian scientist
- Anoop Suri, Indian Hotelier, writer, consultant and Management Guru
- Batram Suri, Solomon Islands footballer
- Himanshu Suri, American rapper, of Das Racist
- Jeremi Suri, American historian and author.
- Julian Suri, American professional golfer
- Lalit Suri, Indian politician and owner of the LaLiT chain of hotels
- Mahuy Suri, 7th Century ruler of Merv
- Manil Suri, Indian-American mathematician and writer
- Muhammad ibn Suri, the king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 10th-century to 1011
- Mohit Suri, Indian film director
- Natasha Suri, former Miss World contestant from India
- Nirmal Chandra Suri, ex Air Chief Marshal of Indian Airforce
- Qasim Suri, 19th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and model of Kashmiri origin
- Sanjna Suri, Malaysian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Sher Shah Suri, medieval Pashtun emperor of India
- Tej Kaur Suri, social activist, mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan
- Suri, a lemur from the 2000 Disney animated film, Dinosaur, voiced by Hayden Panettiere
- Suri Polomare, from season 4 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, voiced by Tabitha St. Germain