Maheswaran

Maheswaran (மகேஸ்வரன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. The female variant of Maheswaran is Maheswari.

Etymology
The name stands for "Grand Lord", see Mahesh.

Notable people

 * Murugesapillai Maheswaran (born 1939), mathematician, astrophysicist and educator
 * Panagoda Maheswaran (born 1955), Sri Lankan Tamil militant
 * T. Maheswaran (1966–2008), assassinated Sri Lankan Tamil MP
 * Vijayakala Maheswaran (born 1972), Sri Lankan MP; wife of T. Maheswaran
 * Uma Maheswaran (1945–1989), Sri Lankan Tamil militant

Fictional characters

 * Connie Maheswaran, a character in the TV series Steven Universe