Kumaraswamy

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Kumaraswamy (disambiguation).

"Kumarasamy" redirects here. For other uses, see Kumarasamy (disambiguation).

Kumaraswamy or Coomaraswamy or Kumarasamy (Tamil: குமாரசுவாமி; Kannada: ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ) 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. Kumaraswamy is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan.

Kumaraswamy
குமாரசுவாமி
குமரசாமி
ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ
കുമാരസാമി

Pronunciation	Kumāracuvāmi
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Tamil Kannada Malayalam
Origin
Meaning	Bachelor God
Region of origin	Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka
Other names
Alternative spelling	Coomarasamy Coomaraswamy Kumarasamy
Derived	Murugan

Notable people

Given name

• Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Ceylonese politician
• C. Coomaraswamy (1887–?), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
• D. Kumaraswamy (1906–1972), Indonesian community leader
• H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1957), Indian politician
• K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder, Indian politician
• Kumaraswamy Pulavar (1854–1922), Ceylonese scholar and poet
• Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy, Indian politician
• Poondi Kumaraswamy (1930-1988) Indian hydrologist
• P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
• P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957), Indian politician
• P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty, Indian politician and businessman
• S. Kumarasamy, Indian politician and social worker
• S. V. Kumaraswamy (1918–?), Indian cricket official
• V. Coomaraswamy (1892-1972), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
• V. Kumaraswamy, Ceylonese lawyer and politician

Surname

• Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), Ceylonese historian and art philosopher
• Coomarasamy Balasingham (1917–2001), Ceylonese civil servant
• Coomaraswamy Vanniasingam (1911–1959), Ceylonese politician
• Indrajit Coomaraswamy (born 1950), Sri Lankan economist
• James Coomarasamy, British broadcaster
• Kumarasami Kamaraj (1903–1975), Indian politician
• Kumaraswamy Nandagopan (1976–2008), Sri Lankan paramilitary operative
• Muthu Coomaraswamy (1833–1879), Ceylonese politician, father of Ananda Coomaraswamy
• Punch Coomaraswamy (1925–1999), Singaporean judge and diplomat
• Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 1953), Sri Lankan lawyer
• Rajendra Coomaraswamy (1915–1981), Sri Lankan civil servant
• Satyendra Coomaraswamy (1920–1988), Sri Lankan cricketer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Coomarasamy
• All pages with titles containing Coomaraswamy
• All pages with titles containing Kumarasamy
• All pages with titles containing Kumaraswamy