Thambiah

Thambiah (Tamil: தம்பையா) 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.

Thambiah
தம்பையா

Pronunciation	Tampaiyā
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Tamil
Origin
Region of origin	Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tambiah Tambyah Thambaiyah Thambiayah

Notable people

Given name

• Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929–2014), Ceylonese social anthropologist

Surname

• Alfred Thambiayah (1903–2009), Ceylonese businessman and politician
• H. D. Thambiah (1926–1992), Ceylonese lawyer and judge
• H. W. Thambiah (1906–1997), Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge
• Leaena Tambyah (1937–2023), Singaporean special education advocate
• R. R. Crossette-Thambiah, Ceylonese lawyer
• Thambiah Ahambaram (1913–1962), Ceylonese politician
• Tambyah Murugaser (1924–1994), Sri Lankan sportsman and sports administrator
• Thambiah Nadaraja (1917–2004), Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
• Thambiah Pathmanathan (born 1956), Singaporean footballer
• Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam (1895–1966), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
• Winslow Thambiah Ivers Alagaratnam (1895–1977), Ceylonese civil engineer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Tambiah
• All pages with titles containing Tambyah
• All pages with titles containing Thambiah
• All pages with titles containing Thambaiyah
• All pages with titles containing Thambiayah