Sivapalan (Tamil: சிவபாலன்) 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.
Pronunciation | Civapālaṉ |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Tamil |
Origin | |
Meaning | Child of Shiva |
Region of origin | Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka |
Notable people
editGiven name
edit- M. Sivapalan (born 1953), Sri Lankan engineer, hydrologist and academic
- Pon Sivapalan (c1952–1998), Sri Lankan politician
- S. Sivapalan (c1890–1960), Ceylonese politician