Ponniah is a Tamil surname. From Tamil pon- ‘gold’ + -aiah an honorific suffix meaning ‘father’ (Sanskrit ārya).[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Joseph Ponniah (born 1952), Sri Lanka Roman Catholic bishop
- Mano Ponniah (born 1943), Sri Lankan architect, engineer, and cricketer
- Rennis Ponniah, Singaporean Anglican bishop
References
edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.
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