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For example, in the name Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Siril Ariyaratna, Rajapaksha is the first part of the family name, Mudiyanselage is the 'Ge' name (second part of the family name) and Siril and Ariyaratna are two given names. [2] Some names contain a family name, a given name, and a surname (Type 1) while some names contain only a family name ...
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A common Filipino name will consist of the given name (mostly 2 given names are given), the initial letter of the mother's maiden name and finally the father's surname (i.e. Lucy Anne C. de Guzman). Also, women are allowed to retain their maiden name or use both her and her husband's surname as a double-barreled surname, separated by a dash.
Ganesan or Ganeshan (Tamil: கணேசன்) 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. The name is derived from the Hindu god Ganesh .
Nadarajah or Natarajan (Tamil: நடராஜா, Telugu: నటరాజ) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It also Nataraja, a depiction of Hindu God Shiva.
Shanmugam (Tamil: சண்முகம், romanized: Caṇmukam) 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.
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name [1] that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term given name refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to ...
Vishwanath (also spelt Viswanath, Vishvanath, Viswanatha) is an Indian surname and given name.It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe" (from višva, "universe" + natha, "lord," an epithet of the god Shiva), including the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n, -m.