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Pronunciation
  
Kumāracuvāmi

Language(s)
  
Tamil Kannada

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
Bachelor God

Region of origin
  
Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka

Alternative spelling
  
Coomarasamy Coomaraswamy Kumarasamy

Kumaraswamy or Coomaraswamy or Kumarasamy (Tamil: குமாரசுவாமி; Kannada: ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ) is a given name for a male South Indians. Due the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Kumaraswamy is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan.

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Given name

  • Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Ceylonese politician
  • C. Coomaraswamy (born 1887), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
  • D. Kumaraswamy (born 1906), Indonesian community leader
  • H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1957), Indian politician
  • K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder, Indian politician
  • Kumaraswamy Pulavar (1854–1922), Ceylonese scholar and poet
  • Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy, Indian politician
  • Poondi Kumaraswamy (died 1988) Indian hydrologist
  • P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
  • P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957), Indian politician
  • P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty, Indian politician and businessman
  • S. Kumarasamy, Indian politician and social worker
  • Sundar Kumarasamy, American educator
  • S. V. Kumaraswamy (born 1918), Indian cricket official
  • V. Coomaraswamy (born 1892), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
  • V. Kumaraswamy, Ceylonese lawyer and politician

    • Surname

  • Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), Ceylonese historian and art philosopher
  • Coomarasamy Balasingham (1917–2001), Ceylonese civil servant
  • Coomaraswamy Vanniasingam (1911–1959), Ceylonese politician
  • Indrajit Coomaraswamy (born 1950), Sri Lankan economist
  • James Coomarasamy, British broadcaster
  • Kumarasami Kamaraj (1903–1975), Indian politician
  • Kumaraswamy Nandagopan (1976–2008), Sri Lankan paramilitary operative
  • Muthu Coomaraswamy (1833–1879), Ceylonese politician, father of Ananda Coomaraswamy
  • Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 1953), Sri Lankan lawyer
  • Rajendra Coomaraswamy (1915–1981), Sri Lankan civil servant
  • Satyendra Coomaraswamy (1920–1988), Sri Lankan cricketer

    • References

    Kumaraswamy Wikipedia
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