Devendra

This article is about the name. For the spider genus, see Devendra (spider). For the deity, see Indra.

Devendra (Sanskrit: देवेन्द्र, romanized: Devendra) is a common Indian masculine given name. It comes from Sanskrit devendra 'chief of the gods', which has been used as an epithet of the Vedic god Indra.^[1]

Sculpture of Indra at Hoysaleshwara Temple

Notable people with the name include:

• Devendra Banhart, Venezuelan/American musician
• Devendra Bishoo, West Indies cricketer
• Devendra Fadnavis, Indian politician
• Devendra Goel, Indian filmmaker
• Devendra Jhajharia, Indian javelin thrower
• Devendra Kumar Joshi, the Indian Chief of Naval Staff
• Devendra Pandey, Indian politician who is best known for hijacking an airplane in 1978
• Devendra Prabhudesai, Indian biographer
• Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academic
• Debendra Prasad Ghosh, Indian writer
• Devendra Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
• Devendra Singh (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dev Alahan, a fictional character in ITV soap Coronation Street