Tāprabane hæfþ in missenlicum gereordum mænige namen. Ealdcrēcas nemdon hīe Taprobane (and Ælfred cyning geaf hire þone naman Tāpraban and Dēprobane. Þām Arabum wæs hēo Serendib. Tō Marco Polo wæs hēo cūþ swā Seilan, and Ceilão wæs se nama gegifan be Portugalwarum þā hīe cōmon to Tāprabane in þǣm 1505. gēare. On NĪwum Englisce wæs þæs īeglandes nama Ceylon.