Kanagaratnam or Canagaratnam () is a
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. Due to the
Tamil tradition of using
patronymic surname
A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...
s, it may also be a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
for males and females.
Notable people
Given name
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A. Canagaratnam (born 1873), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
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K. Kanagaratnam (1892–1952), Ceylonese politician
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M. Canagaratnam (1924–1980), Ceylonese politician
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Sathasivam Kanagaratnam
Sathasivam Kanagaratnam (; born 28 December 1946) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
Early life and family
Kanagaratnam was born on 28 December 1946 Nallur (Jaffna), Nallur, northern British Ceylon, Ceylon. He was ...
(born 1946), Sri Lankan politician
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S. O. Canagaratnam (1880–1938), Ceylonese politician
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Vinthan Kanagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician
Surname
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Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam (born 1981), Sri Lankan musician
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Kanagaratnam Sriskandan (1930–2010), Ceylonese engineer
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Kanagaratnam Thavalingam
Kanagaratnam Thavalingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil geographer and former Surveyor General of Sri Lanka.
Thavalingam is from Kaithady in northern Sri Lanka. He was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College. He is a fellow of the Surveyors Institute (o ...
, Sri Lankan geographer
See also
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Tamil masculine given names
Masculine given names