sentences:  As for name and religious conversions, Govigama families too became Christian and had Portuguese/Christian names (some strangely adopted during British/Dutch times) such as Don Davith (Rajapaksas), Barthlamew (Senanayakes), Ridgeway Dias (Nilaperumal/Bandaranaykes), Pererala, Arnolis Dep (Wijewardane), de Sarem, de Alwis, etc.It is also why all elite Sri Lankans of the British period be it farmer or other wise had English first names.The Goyigama also were pioneer arrack renters of the colonial era.