| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Sinhala |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Dissanayaka |
Dissanayake or Dissanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. It means area leader. Notable people with the surname include:
Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake, PC was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, a powerful minister of the United National Party, and Leader of the Opposition. He was designated as the UNP candidate in the 1994 presidential election, but was then assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Viswanathan is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe", + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jayewardene, Jayawardene or Jayawardena, is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Wickremasinghe, Wickremesinghe or Wickramasinghe is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the name include:
Balasubramaniam or Balasubramanian is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Balasubramaniam is derived from the Sanskrit words balu meaning "young" and Subramaniam. By extension, it refers to the Hindu god Murugan as a child or young man, the way the term Balakrishna refers to the young Krishna.
Balasuriya or Balasooriya is a Sinhalese surname.
Peiris, Peries or Pieris is a surname attributed to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It is a common surname in the coastal regions of the island nation.
Arumugam or Arumukan 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. Arumugam is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan, which refers to his six faces.
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sumanaweera Banda Dissanayake, MP is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the former Cabinet Minister of Higher Education in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He was the former general secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former national organiser of the United National Party. Dissanayake lost his cabinet position after Rajapaksha was defeated at the 2015 presidential election in Sri Lanka.
Jayaratne is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abeysekera or Abeysekara is a Sinhalese surname.
Herath is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nadarajah or Natarajan 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.
Ekanayake or Ekanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gunasekera or Gunasekara is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gunawardena is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Seneviratne or Senewiratne is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Attygalle is a Sinhalese surname.
Munasinghe or Moonesinghe is a Sinhalese name that may refer to the following people: