Kandiah () is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for men and women.
People Given name P. Kandiah (1914–1960), Ceylonese politician V. A. Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese politician
Surname Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran, Sri Lankan politician Kandiah Arulanandan (1925–2004), Ceylonese engineer and academic Kandiah Balasegaran (1965–2008), Sri Lankan rebel Kandiah Balendra (born 1940), Sri Lankan businessman Kandiah David Arulpragasam (1931–2003), Sri Lankan academic Kandiah Kamalesvaran (born 1934), Australian singer Kandiah Kanagaratnam (1892–1952), Ceylonese politician Kandiah Navaratnam (born 1935), Sri Lankan politician Kandiah Neelakandan (1947–2018), Sri Lankan lawyer Kandiah Sivanesan, Sri Lankan politician Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis (1939–2013), Sri Lankan cricket official Kandiah Ulaganathan (1966–2006), Sri Lankan rebel
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