Priya (given name)

Priya or Pria (Sanskrit: प्रिया Priyā female, meaning "nice, beloved")^[1] is a common given name in India

People

• Priya (actress) (active from 1986), Indian actress
• Priya A. S., Indian author
• Priya Anand (born 1986), Indian actress and model
• Priya Anjali Rai (born 1977), American-Indian model and pornographic actress
• Priya Badlani (born 1986), Indian actress and model
• Priya Bapat (born 1986), Indian actress
• Priya Basil (born 1977), British writer
• Priya Bathija (born 1985), Indian actress
• Priya Cooper (born 1974), Australian swimmer
• Priya David (born 1974), American journalist
• Priya Dutt (born 1966), Indian politician
• Priya Gill (born 1977), Indian actress
• Priya Himesh (born 1982), Indian singer
• Priya Kaur-Jones (born 1979), British newsreader and presenter
• Priya Lal (born 1993), British-Indian actress, dancer and singer
• Priya Paul (born 1967), Indian businesswoman and entrepreneur
• Priya Rajvansh (1937-2000), Indian actress
• Priya Ramrakha (1935-1968), Kenyan photojournalist
• Priya Raman (born 1974), Indian actress and producer
• Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (born 1945), Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
• Priya Ravichandran, divisional fire officer, Central Chennai city
• Priya Sachdev (born 1976), Indian actress, model and singer
• Priya Suriyasena (born 1952), Sri Lankan singer
• Priya Tendulkar (1954-2002), Indian actress, social activist and writer
• Priya Wal (born 1985), Indian actress

Fictional characters

• Priya Kapoor, from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
• Priya Koothrappali, from The Big Bang Theory series
• Priya Sharma, from the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Priya Tsetsang, the original identity of Sierra in the US television series Dollhouse

References

See also

• Preeya Kalidas (born 1980), British-Indian actress and singer