Thiagarajah
Appearance
Pronunciation | Tiyākarājā |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Tamil |
Origin | |
Region of origin | Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Thiyagarajah Thyagaraja Tyagaraja |
Thiagarajah or Thiyagarajah (Tamil: தியாகராஜா, romanized: Tiyākarājā) 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.
Notable people
[edit]Given name
[edit]- Tyagaraja (1767-1847), Indian composer
- A. Thiagarajah (1916–1981), Sri Lankan politician
- M. Thiyagarajah, Sri Lankan politician
- M. D. Thyagaraja Pillai, Indian politician
- M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (1910-1959), Indian actor
Surname
[edit]- Chelvy Thiyagarajah (died 1991), Sri Lankan poet
- Daniel Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan bishop
- J. Tyagaraja (born 1895), Ceylonese politician
- Thiyagarajah Maheswaran (1966–2008), Sri Lankan politician