List of Datuk titles
Title Order ( Rank ) Name in Malay Post-nominals Type
Dato ' Order of the Crown of Johor ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Mahkota Johor ( Dato ' Sri Paduka Mahkota Johor ) SPMJ State - Johor
Dato ' Order of the Crown of Johor ( Knight Commander ) Darjah Mahkota Johor ( Dato ' Paduka Mahkota Johor ) DPMJ State - Johor
Dato ' Order of Loyalty of Sultan Ismail of Johor ( Knight Grand Companion ) Darjah Setia Sultan Ismail Johor ( Dato ' Sri Setia Sultan Ismail Johor ) SSIJ State - Johor
Dato ' Order of Loyalty of Sultan Ismail of Johor ( Knight Companion ) Darjah Setia Sultan Ismail Johor ( Setia Sultan Ismail Johor ) DSIJ State - Johor
Dato ' Order of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor ( Grand Knight ) Darjah Sultan Ibrahim Johor ( Dato ' Sri Mulia Sultan Ibrahim Johor ) SMIJ State - Johor
Dato ' Order of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor ( Knight ) Darjah Sultan Ibrahim Johor ( Dato ' Mulia Sultan Ibrahim Johor ) DMIJ State - Johor
Dato ' Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah ( Knight Commander ) Darjah Yang Maha Mulia Sri Mahkota Kedah ( Dato ' Paduka Mahkota Kedah ) DPMK State - Kedah
Dato ' Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah ( Knight Companion ) Darjah Yang Mulia Setia Diraja ( Dato ' Setia DiRaja Kedah ) DSDK State - Kedah
Dato ' Order of the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Mulia ( Dato ' Seri Paduka Mahkota Kelantan ) SPMK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Mulia ( Dato ' Paduka Mahkota Kelantan ) DPMK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Mulia ( Dato ' Seri Paduka Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan ) SJMK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Mulia ( Dato ' Paduka Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan ) DJMK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Setia Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Terbilang ( Dato ' Seri Paduka Setia Mahkota Kelantan ) SPSK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Setia Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Terbilang ( Dato ' Paduka Setia Mahkota Kelantan ) DPSK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Noble Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Kshatria Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Perkasa ( Dato ' Seri Paduka Kesateria Mahkota Kelantan ) SPKK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Noble Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Kshatria Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Perkasa ( Dato ' Paduka Kesateria Mahkota Kelantan ) DPKK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Services to the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Grand Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Jasa Mahkota Kelantan ( Dato ' Seri Paduka Jasa Mahkota Kelantan ) SPJK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of the Services to the Crown of Kelantan ( Knight Commander ) Darjah Kebesaran Jasa Mahkota Kelantan ( Dato ' Paduka Jasa Mahkota Kelantan ) DPJK State - Kelantan
Dato ' Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz ( Knight of the Most Meritorious Loyal Order of Tuanku Muhriz ) Darjah Setia Tuanku Muhriz ( Darjah Setia Tuanku Muhriz Yang Amat Terbilang ) DSTM State - Negeri Sembilan
Dato ' Order of Loyal Service to Negeri Sembilan ( Knight ) Darjah Setia Bakti Negeri Sembilan ( Dato ' Bakti Negeri Sembilan ) DBNS State - Negeri Sembilan
Usage -- Malaysia
`` Dato ' '' ( with apostrophe ) is conferred by the royal state leaders ( the Sultans and Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan ) as well as the non-royal state leader ( Yang di-Pertua Negeri ) of Penang .
This is a list of the titles related to Datuk, or its variant spelling Dato, Dato' or Datu, used in Brunei and Malaysia as titles which are conferred together with certain orders (). It may exist in itself as a single-word title, or as the prefix in a string of title such as Dato Paduka and Datuk Seri Panglima. A female recipient on her own right generally receives the title whereby the word Datuk (or its variant spelling) is replaced with Datin instead. The wife of a Datuk holder also receives a title and it is typically Datin (regardless of the husband's full title); the husband of a female recipient does not receive any Datuk title.