Chelvanayakam

Chelvanayakam or Selvanayagam (செல்வநாயகம்) 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.

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