Parvati (given name)

Parvati
Gender Female
Language(s) Sanskrit
Origin
Meaning goddess Parvati
Region of origin India
Other names
Alternative spelling Parvathi, Parvathy, Parbati

Parvati (Devanagari: पार्वती pārvatī) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which comes from the name of the goddess Parvati. Alternative spellings include Parvathy and Parvathi.

Notable people with the name

  • Parvathy (actress) (born 1989), Indian actress, who has appeared in films including Maryan and Bangalore Days
  • Parvati Prasad Baruva (1904–1964), Indian Assamese-language poet, lyricist and dramatist
  • Parvathy Baul (born 1976), Indian Bengali-language singer, musician and storyteller
  • Parvathy Jayadevan, Indian Malayalam-language playback singer
  • Parvathy Jayaram (born 1970), Indian actress
  • Parvati Khan (née Maharaj), Indian-Trinidadian singer
  • Parvathi Krishnan (1919–2014), Indian politician
  • Parvati Kumari, Indian classical Sufi music singer
  • Parvathi Menon, Indian actress, who has appeared in films including Gangster and Double Barrel
  • Parvati Melton, American-Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films
  • Parvathy Nair (born 1991), Indian actress, who has appeared in films including Story Kathe and Yennai Arindhaal
  • Parvathy Ratheesh, Indian Malayalam actress
  • Parvathy Omanakuttan (born 1987) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and the winner of the 2008 Miss India pageant
  • Parvati Shallow (born 1982), American boxer, charity organizer and internet talk-show host
  • Parvathy Soman (born 1997), Indian singer
  • Parbati Barua, Indian conservationist, known for Queen of the Elephants BBC documentary
  • Parbati Charan Das (1923–1949), first Kargil martyr of India, made supreme sacrifice when trying to cross river Indus in October 1949
  • Parbati Chaudhary, member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
  • Parbati Giri (1926–1995), nicknamed the Mother Teresa of Western Odisha, was a prominent female freedom fighter from Odisha, India
  • Parbati Rai (politician) (born 1915), Nepalese politician
  • Parvathi Menon, Malayalam film actress and dubbing artist
  • Parvathi Nayar (born 1964), Chennai born and based visual artist and creative writer
  • Parvati Thapa (born 1970), Nepalese sports shooter

Fictional characters

  • Parvati Patil, from J.K. Rowling's series, Harry Potter
  • Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty, from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novella, Devdas
  • Parvati Wasatch, another name of Janice Soprano from the HBO TV series The Sopranos

See also

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