Sinhalese Names - Behind the Name

Amila අමිල m Sinhalese
Means "valuable" in Sinhala.

Anoushka අනුෂ්කා f Hindi, Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Hindi अनुष्का or Sinhala අනුෂ්කා (see Anushka).

Anuradha අනුරාධ f Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Sinhalese
From the name of a constellation in Hindu astrology, meaning "causing success", from Sanskrit अनु (anu) meaning "after" and राधा (rādhā) meaning "success, prosperity".

Anushka අනුෂ්කා f Hindi, Sinhalese
Meaning uncertain, possibly inspired by the Russian name Annushka.

Aruna අරුණ m & f Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhalese
Means "reddish brown, dawn" in Sanskrit. The Hindu god Aruna (अरुण) is the charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky. The modern feminine form अरुणा (spelled with a long final vowel) is also transcribed as Aruna, however the modern masculine form is typically Arun. The exception is Sri Lanka, where Aruna is masculine.

Chaminda චමින්ද m Sinhalese
Meaning unknown.

Chandana චන්දන f & m Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Sinhalese
Feminine form of Chandan, as well as the Sinhala masculine form.

Dinesh දිනේෂ් m Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Sinhalese
Modern form of Dinesha.

Fathima ෆාතිමා f Indian (Muslim), Malayalam, Sinhalese
Form of Fatima used by South Indian and Sri Lankan Muslims.

Gayan ගයාන් m Sinhalese
Possibly from Sinhala ගයනවා (gayanavā) meaning "sing".

Indika ඉන්දික m Sinhalese
Means "Indian, person from India" in Sinhala.

Janaka ජනක m Hinduism, Sinhalese
Means "father" in Sanskrit. According to the Hindu epic the Ramayana he was the king of Videha in northeastern India. He was the father of Sita.

Kapila කපිල m Hinduism, Sinhalese
Means "reddish brown" in Sanskrit, derived from कपि (kapi) meaning "monkey". According to Hindu tradition this was the name of a sage who founded Samkhya philosophy. He is sometimes considered an incarnation of Vishnu.

Kasun කසුන් m Sinhalese
Means "gold" in Sinhala.

Nuwan නුවන් m Sinhalese
Possibly from Sinhala නුවණ (nuvana) meaning "wisdom" or නුවන (nuvana) meaning "eye".

Ranjan රන්ජන් m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Sinhalese
Means "colouring, pleasing, delighting" in Sanskrit.

Ruwan රුවන් m Sinhalese
From Sinhala රුවන (ruvana) meaning "gem".

Sameera 3 සමීර m Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Samir 2.

Sampath සම්පත් m Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सम्पत्ति (sampatti) meaning "success, wealth".

Sriyani ශ්‍රියානි f Sinhalese
From Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas) meaning "best, superior".

Sujatha සුජාතා f Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Sinhalese
South Indian and Sinhala form of Sujata.

Tharindu තාරිඳු m Sinhalese
Means "moon" in Sinhala.

Thilini තිළිණි f Sinhalese
From Sinhala තිළිණය (tilinaya) meaning "gift, award".

Thusitha තුසිත f & m Sinhalese
Means "heaven" in Sinhala.

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