Sinhalese Submitted Surnames

Ahamad අහමඩ් Indian (Muslim), Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Sinhalese
Variant of Ahmad, particularly used in South India and Sri Lanka.

Ahamed අහමඩ් Indian (Muslim), Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Sinhalese
Variant of Ahmed, particularly used in South India and Sri Lanka.

Aila Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Nepali

Almeda අල්මේදා Spanish, Portuguese, Sinhalese
Variant of Almeida or Alameda.

Alwis අල්විස් Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Alves.

Amararatne අමරරත්න Sinhalese (Rare)
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Amarasekara අමරසේකර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Amarasinghe අමරසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Amarawickrama අමරවික්‍රම Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".

Balasooriya බාලසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese බාලසූරිය (see Balasuriya).

Balasuriya බාලසූරිය Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit बाल (bala) meaning "young, boy" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Bandara බණ්ඩාර Sinhalese
From a title used for political and military leaders in the Sinhala Kingdom, which was derived from the name of a group of guardian deities in Sinhalese Buddhist belief.

Bandaranaike බණ්ඩාරනායක Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese බණ්ඩාරනායක (see Bandaranayake).

Bandaranayake බණ්ඩාරනායක Sinhalese
Derived from the Sinhalese royal title බණ්ඩාර (bandara) meaning "prince" and Sanskrit नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Cassim Sinhalese

Chandima Sinhalese

Chandrasekara චන්ද්‍රසේකර Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Chandrasinghe චන්ද්‍රසිංහ Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Darshanie Sinhalese

Dassanayake දසනායක Sinhalese

Dayaratne දයාරත්න Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit दया (daya) meaning "compassion, pity" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

De Alwis ද අල්විස් Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Alves.

De Costa ඩි කොස්ටා Portuguese (Brazilian), Sinhalese
Variant of Da Costa used in Brazil and Sri Lanka.

De Cunha ද කුන්හා Portuguese (Brazilian), Sinhalese
Variant of Cunha used in Brazil and Sri Lanka.

De Mel ද මැල් Sinhalese
Possibly derived from Portuguese mel meaning "honey".

De Silva ද සිල්වා Sinhalese, Filipino
Sinhalese and Filipino form of Da Silva.

De Zoysa ද සොයිසා Sinhalese
Uncertain, of Portuguese origin.

Dharmaratne ධර්මරත්න Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Dharmasena ධර්මසේන Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Dheerasinghe ධීරසිංහ Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit धीर (dhira) meaning "steady, firm, courageous" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Dissanayaka දිසානායක Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Dissanayake.

Dissanayake දිසානායක Sinhalese
From Sanskrit देश (desha) meaning "region, country, kingdom" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Edirisinghe එදිරිසිංහ Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Edirisooriya එදිරිසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese එදිරිසූරිය (see Edirisuriya).

Edirisuriya එදිරිසූරිය Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Ediriweera එදිරිවීර Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Ekanayake ඒකනායක Sinhalese
From Sanskrit एक (eka) meaning "one, single, unique" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Fernando ප්‍රනාන්දු Portuguese, Sinhalese, Filipino
From the given name Fernando.

Fonseka ෆොන්සේකා Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Fonseca.

Gunasekara ගුණසේකර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "talent, virtue, quality, merit" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Gunasekera ගුණසේකර Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Gunasekara.

Herath හේරත් Sinhalese
Possibly from Sanskrit हीर (hira) meaning "diamond" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Hettiarachchi හෙට්ටිආරච්චි Sinhalese

Hewa Batage Sinhalese
House of the Cavalry Warrior; Hewa meaning warrior, Bata - cavalry, ge - house

Jayalath Sinhalese

Jayarathna ජයරත්න Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Jayaratne.

Jayaratne ජයරත්න Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Jayasekara ජයසේකර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Jayasinghe ජයසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Jayasooriya ජයසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese ජයසූරිය (see Jayasuriya).

Jayasundara ජයසුන්දර Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese ජයසුන්දර (see Jayasundera).

Jayasundera ජයසුන්දර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सुन्दर (sundara) meaning "beautiful".

Jayasuriya ජයසූරිය Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Jayawardane ජයවර්ධන Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Jayawardena.

Jayawardena ජයවර්ධන Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".

Jayaweera ජයවීර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Jayawickrama ජයවික්‍රම Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".

Kariyapperuma Sinhalese
Derived from the words “black” or "dark", and “peruma,” which means “big.” Together, the name can be interpreted to mean "great blackness" or "big darkness."

Karunanayake කරුණානායක Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Karunaratne කරුණාරත්න Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Kolan කොලන් Indian (Christian), Sinhalese
Variant of Colón used by Christians from India and in Sri Lanka.

Kulasekara කුලසේකර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Kulasekaran Sinhalese
variant of Kulasekara.

Kulasekera කුලසේකර Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Kulasekara.

Kumara කුමාර Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".

Kumarasinghe කුමාරසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Kumari කුමාරි Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, Sinhalese
Means "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.

Le Costa ලෙ කොස්ටා Sinhalese
Variant of La Costa used in Sri Lanka.

Le Silva ලෙ සිල්වා Sinhalese
Variant of La Silva used in Sri Lanka.

Liyanage ලියනගේ Sinhalese
Of unknown meaning.

Madusanka මධුෂංක Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Madushanka.

Madushanka මධුෂංක Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit मधु (madhu) meaning "sweet, delicious, honey".

Mendis මෙන්ඩිස් Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Mendes.

Menghrajani මැන්ග්‍රාජානි Sinhalese

Nanayakkara නානායක්කාර Sinhalese

Pathirana පතිරණ Sinhalese
Possibly from a title derived from Sanskrit पति (pati) meaning "husband, lord" and राणा (rana) meaning "king".

Peiris පීරිස් Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Peres.

Perera පෙරේරා Sinhalese, Catalan
Sinhalese form of Pereira as well as a Catalan cognate.

Peries පීරිස් Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese පීරිස් (see Peiris).

Pieris පීරිස් Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese පීරිස් (see Peiris).

Pushpakumara පුෂ්පකුමාර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit पुष्प (pushpa) meaning "flower" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".

Rajakaruna රාජකරුණා Sinhalese
From Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy".

Rajapaksa රාජපක්ෂ Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).

Rajapakse රාජපක්ෂ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and पक्ष (paksha) meaning "faction, party, army".

Rajapaksha රාජපක්ෂ Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).

Rajasooriya රාජසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජසූරිය (see Rajasuriya).

Rajasuriya රාජසූරිය Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Ranasinghe රණසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit राणा (rana) meaning "king" or रण (rana) meaning "delight, pleasure, joy" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Ranaweera රණවීර Sinhalese
From Sankrit राणा (rana) meaning "king" or रण (rana) meaning "delight, pleasure, joy" and वीर (vira) maning "hero, man, brave".

Rathnayake රත්නායක Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Ratnayake.

Ratnayake රත්නායක Sinhalese
From Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Rē රේ Sinhalese
Variant of Rey 1 used in Sri Lanka.

Rīs රීස් Sinhalese
Variant of Reyes or Reis (see user-submitted name) used in Sri Lanka.

Samantha Sinhalese

Senanayake සේනානායක Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Shehan ශෙහන් Sinhalese, Dhivehi, Tamil
From the given name Shehan.

Siva Sinhalese

Suraweera සුරවීර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सुर (sura) meaning "god" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Thirimanne තිරිමාන්න Sinhalese
From an element with an unknown meaning combined with Sanskrit माने (māne) meaning "meaning, purpose".

Warnakulasooriya වර්ණකුලසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese වර්ණකුලසූරිය (see Warnakulasuriya).

Warnakulasuriya වර්ණකුලසූරිය Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "color" or "caste", कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Weerakoon වීරකෝන් Sinhalese

Weerasekara වීරසේකර Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Weerasinghe Sinhalese
Weerasinghe is a Sinhalese surname that means "brave lion." It comes from "Weera" meaning brave and "Singhe" meaning lion.

Weerasinghe වීරසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Weerasooriya වීරසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese වීරසූරිය (see Weerasuriya).

Weerasuriya වීරසූරිය Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Wickramanayake වික්‍රමනායක Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Wickramaratne වික්‍රමරත්න Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Wickramasinghe වික්‍රමසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Wickramasuriya වික්‍රමසූරිය Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Wijayawickrama විජයවික්‍රම​ Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Wijewickrama.

Wijeratne විජේරත්න Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Wijesekara විජේසේකර Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wijesinghe විජේසිංහ Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Wijesooriya විජේසූරිය Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese විජේසූරිය (see Wijesuriya).

Wijesuriya විජේසූරිය Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Wijewickrama විජේවික්‍රම Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय​ (vijaya) meaning "victory" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".