Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Thambiah

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Pronunciation
  
Tampaiyā

Language(s)
  
Tamil

Gender
  
Male

Region of origin
  
Southern IndiaNorth-eastern Sri Lanka

Alternative spelling
  
TambiahThambaiyahThambiayah

Thambiah (Tamil: தம்பையா) is a given name for a male Tamils. Due the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Contents

Given name

  • Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929–2014), Ceylonese social anthropologist

    • Surname

  • Alfred Thambiayah (born 1903), Ceylonese businessman and politician
  • H. D. Thambiah (1926–1992), Ceylonese lawyer and judge
  • H. W. Thambiah (1906–1997), Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge
  • R. R. Crossette-Thambiah, Ceylonese lawyer
  • Thambiah Ahambaram (1913–1962), Ceylonese politician
  • Thambiah Nadaraja (1917–2004), Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
  • Thambiah Pathmanathan (born 1956), Singaporean footballer
  • Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam (1895–1966), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
  • Winslow Thambiah Ivers Alagaratnam (1895–1977), Ceylonese civil engineer

    • References

    Thambiah Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics