title: Thurairajah
text: # Thurairajah
  
  Thurairajah or Thurairaja (Tamil: துரைராஜா, romanized: Turairājā) 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.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  ### Given name
  
  * A. Thurairajah (1934–1994), Sri Lankan academic
  * Chelliah Thurairaja, Sri Lankan army officer
  * S. Thurairaja, Sri Lankan judge
  * V. S. Thurairajah (1927–2011), Sri Lankan architect
  
  ### Surname
  
  * Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu (1915–1983), Sri Lankan poet
  * Thurairajah Raviharan, Sri Lankan politician
  