Velupillai
| Pronunciation | Vēluppiḷḷai |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language | Tamil |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Veluppillai Velupillay |
Velupillai or Veluppillai(Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை) 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
Given name
- A. Veluppillai (1936–2015), Sri Lankan historian and academic
- Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan economist
Surname
- C. Velupillai Kandaiah Sivagnanam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician
- Kanthapillai Velupillai Nadarajah (1905–2000), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- Nishan Velupillay (born 2001), Australian footballer
- Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (1898–1977), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- Velupillai Ambalavanar Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- Velupillai Appapillai (1913–2001), Sri Lankan physicist and academic
- Velupillai Coomaraswamy (1892–?), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
- Velupillai Kumaraswamy (1919–?), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954–2009), Sri Lankan rebel
- Velupillai Suppiah Thurairajah (1927–2011), Sri Lankan architect
See also
- All pages with titles containing Velupillai
- All pages with titles containing Veluppillai
- All pages with titles containing Velupillay