ශ්‍රි ලංකාවෙි නමි තැබිමෙි චාරිත්‍ර හා පෙලපත් නාම

Naming Conventions of Sri Lanka (The Tamil community has a completely unique and different method of nomenclature. They also, usually, use two names, the first representing their father's name and the second representing their own. Eg; Ponnambalam Ramanathan indicates that the individuals name is Ramanathan and he is the son of Ponnambalam. The son of P. Ramanathan would then become Ramanathan Arulanantham, where the son's name is Arulanantham and is prefixed by the name of his father.) Bandaranaike family tree (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike's direct male ancestor was Nilaperumal, a Tamil from south India who arrived in Ceylon in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.) Jayewardene family tree (Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene (Tombi Mudaliyar) born 1768 in the village of Welgama near Hanwella in the Hina Korale. Served as an Aarachchi of the Dutch Lascoryn Regiment.) Senanayake family tree Melder Family of Sri Lanka/Ceylon Van Dort Family: Sri Lanka Connection de Fonseka Family: Kalutara ( The de Fonsekas' were one of the six families with a distinct rank and status as chieftains of the Karava clans. ) Villavaraja Mudaly Family ( The roots of the Villavaraja Mudaly (5001) and Kokuvil Mapana Mudaly (5002) families can be traced back to 1700 AD and can be claimed as authentic as they have been extracted from land titles at the "Kachcheri" in Jaffna )