Uma (given name)
In India, it is the name of the Hindu goddess, who is more commonly known as Parvati. In Sanskrit the word umā can further mean "tranquillity", "splendour", "fame" and "night".[1]
Uma is a given name in various cultures.
List of people
- Uma Bharti, Indian politician
- Uma Chowdhry, chemist
- Uma Khouny, Israeli-Filipino contestant in Pinoy Big Brother
- Uma Krishnaswami, Indian author
- Uma Narayan, Indian Scholar
- Uma Pemmaraju, news anchor
- Uma Sharma, Kathak dancer and choreographer
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Uma (actress), an Indian film actress
- Uma Devi Khatri, Indian actor and comedienne
See also
Unali, given name
References
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-864308-1.
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