Arumugam
| Pronunciation | Āṟumukam |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Tamil |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | The six faced |
| Region of origin | Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka |
| Other names | |
| 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 (born 1896), Ceylonese civil servant
- R. Arumugam (born 1953), 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 (born 1873), 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 (born 1921), 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
See also
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