Arumugam Explained
| Arumugam |
| Pronunciation: | Āṟumukam |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | The six faced |
| Region: | Southern India
North-eastern Sri Lanka |
| Language: | Tamil |
| Alternative Spelling: | Arumuga
Arumuka
Arumukan |
| Derived: | Murugan |
Arumugam or Arumukan 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. Arumugam is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan, which refers to his six faces (Aru = six + Mugam = face).
Notable people
Given name
- Arumugam, Indian politician
- A. Arumugam, Indian politician
- A. S. A. Arumugam, Indian politician
- C. Arumugam, Indian politician
- J. N. Arumugam (1896–?), Ceylonese civil servant
- K. Arumugam (Hockey Journalist)
- R. Arumugam (1953–1988), Malaysian footballer
- R. S. Arumugam, Indian politician
- T. Arumugam, Indian politician
- T. P. Arumugam, Indian politician
- V. Arumugam, Indian politician
- V. Arumugam, Malaysian politician
- Veerapandi S. Arumugam (1937–2012), Indian politician
- Arumuka Navalar (1822–1879), Ceylonese revivalist
Surname
- Arumugam Arulpiragasam (died 1975), Ceylonese civil servant
- Arumugam Canagaratnam (1873–1929), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
- Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
- Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran, Sri Lankan politician
- Arumugam Mohanasundaram (1928–2012), Indian actor
- Arumugam Pillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Ceylonese politician
- Arumugam Sinnaththurai Thurairajah Raviharan, Sri Lankan politician
- Arumugam Thiagarajah (1916–1981), Sri Lankan teacher and politician
- Arumugam Thondaman (born 1964), Sri Lankan politician
- Arumugam Vijiaratnam (1921–2016), Singaporean athlete
- Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam (1906–1987), Sri Lankan physicist and academic
- David Arumugam, Malaysian singer
- Loganathan Arumugam (1953–2007), Malaysian singer
- Nicole Arumugam, British actress
