Kandiah Explained

Kandiah கந்தையா
Pronunciation:	Kantaiyā
Gender:	Male
Region:	Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka
Language:	Tamil

Kandiah (Tamil: கந்தையா) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for men and women.

People

Given name

• P. Kandiah (1914–1960), Ceylonese politician
• V. A. Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese politician

Surname

• Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
• Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran, Sri Lankan politician
• Kandiah Arulanandan(1925–2004), Ceylonese engineer and academic
• Kandiah Balasegaran (1965–2008), Sri Lankan rebel
• Kandiah Balendra (born 1940), Sri Lankan businessman
• Kandiah David Arulpragasam (1931–2003), Sri Lankan academic
• Kandiah Kamalesvaran (born 1934), Australian singer
• Kandiah Kanagaratnam (1892–1952), Ceylonese politician
• Kandiah Navaratnam (born 1935), Sri Lankan politician
• Kandiah Neelakandan (1947–2018), Sri Lankan lawyer
• Kandiah Sivanesan, Sri Lankan politician
• Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis (1939–2013), Sri Lankan cricket official
• Kandiah Ulaganathan (1966–2006), Sri Lankan rebel