Velupillai

Velupillai or Veluppillai (வேலுப்பிள்ளை) 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

 * A. Veluppillai (1936–2015), Sri Lankan historian and academic
 * Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan economist

Surname

 * C. Velupillai Kandaiah Sivagnanam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician
 * Kanthapillai Velupillai Nadarajah (1905–2000), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (1898–1977), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Velupillai Ambalavanar Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Velupillai Appapillai (1913–2001), Sri Lankan physicist and academic
 * Velupillai Coomaraswamy (1892–?), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
 * Velupillai Kumaraswamy (1919–?), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954–2009), Sri Lankan rebel
 * Velupillai Suppiah Thurairajah (1927–2011), Sri Lankan architect