'''Jayakumar''' or '''Jeyakumar''' is an Indian and Sinhalese surname. It consists of two parts: ''jaya'', which means ''victory'' in Sanskrit and is also the name of a Hindu demigod, and ''kumar'', meaning ''child'', ''son'' or ''prince''.<ref name=r1/> The name may refer to the following notable people:
*K. Jayakumar, Indian civil servant *R. V. Jayakumar, Indian doctor and Professor of endocrinology *S. Jayakumar (Singaporean politician), Singaporean Member of Parliament *S. Jayakumar (Indian politician), Indian Member of Legislative Assembly *K. Jeyakumar, Indian politician *Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, Malaysian politician
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<ref name=r1>{{cite book|author1=Patrick Hanks|author2=Richard Coates|author3=Peter McClure|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1414|date= 2016|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-252747-9|page=1414}}</ref>
</references> {{surname|Jayakumar}}
Category:Surnames of Indian origin Category:Surnames of Sinhalese origin