Chelvanayakam or Selvanayagam () 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 P. R. Selvanayagam (born 1936), Sri Lankan politician S. Selvanayagam (1932–1979), Ceylonese geographer and academic S. J. V. Chelvanayakam (1898–1977), Ceylonese politician
Surname Antony Selvanayagam (born 1935), Malaysian priest Chelvanayakam Kanaganayakam (1952–2014), Canadian academic
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