Weerasooriya

Weerasooriya (වීරසූරිය) is a Sinhalese surname, with origins tracing back to South of Sri Lanka. The word Weera means brave or hero, and sooriya is meant to denote the ancestry and descent from the Kshatriya Solar Dynasty, which is quite common among Karava, even Govigama Names.

Notable people

 * Arnolis Weerasooriya (1854-1888) - first Ceylonese Colonel, and Sinhalese member of the Salvation Army.
 * Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero (1826-1907) - Mahanayaka Thero of the Amarapura Nikaya (circa 1860s), and the Sanganayake of the Southern Province.
 * Srilal Weerasooriya (born 1943) - 15th Commander of the Sri Lankan Army and a former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan
 * Tilak Weerasooriya (1967-2022) - Sri Lankan Physician & Academic