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Pages in category "Sinhalese masculine given names" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sinhalese names usually consists of three parts. The first part is the patronymic name (family name) of the father, ancestor name or 'house name', which often has the suffix ‘-ge’ at the end of it, this is known as the 'Ge' name (ge meaning house in Sinhalese). The second part is the personal name (given name) and the third part is the ...
Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities. Many Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe (Sinhala: සිංහ, lit. 'lion'), such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe.
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Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time.
North-eastern Sri Lanka: Other names; Alternative spelling: Balasubramanian Balasubramaniem Balasubramanyam ... is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka.
This is a list of lists of notable individuals from Sri Lanka. Academics. Activists and heroes National Heroes of Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan independence activist ...
Arabic names are also used by Sri Lankan Malays, including Saldin, Assan, Rahman, Drahaman, Bucker, Ramlan, Rajap, Jumat, and Mannan. Prefixes of Malay origin such as Tuan, Maas, and Raden for males and Gnei, Nona, Sitti Nona, and Gnonya for females are commonly used as first names among Sri Lankan Malays. [19] [20]