Rajaratnam

Rajaratnam
ராஜரத்தினம்
இராசரத்தினம்
Pronunciation	/ɾɑːʥəɾət̪nəm/
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Tamil; Kannada
Origin
Meaning	Royal gem
Region of origin	Southern India; North-eastern Sri Lanka
Other names
Alternative spelling	Rajarathnam; Rajarathinam

Rajaratnam (Tamil: ராஜரத்தினம், romanized: Rājarattiṉam; Kannada: ರಾಜರತ್ನಂ) is a South Indian and Sri Lankan male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Notable people[edit]

Given name[edit]

D. Rajarathinam, Indian politician
F. M. Rajarathnam, Indian politician
G. P. Rajarathnam (1909–1979), Indian writer and poet
J. M. Rajaratnam (1927–2014), Sri Lankan accountant and corporate executive
S. Rajaratnam (1884–1970), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
S. Rajaratnam (1915–2006), Singaporean politician
T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai (1898–1956), Indian musician

Surname[edit]

Raj Rajaratnam (born 1957), American banker convicted of insider trading
Rajaratnam Kumaravadivel, Sri Lankan physicist and academic
Rengan Rajaratnam (born 1971), American banker
T. W. Rajaratnam (1920–1994), Sri Lankan lawyer, judge and politician
Thenmozhi Rajaratnam (died 1991), assassin

See also[edit]

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