Parvati (given name)

ParvatiGender| Female

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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

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* Parvathy Thiruvothu (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
* 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 television personality
* 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
* Parvathi Nayar (born 1964), Chennai born and based visual artist and creative writer
* Parvati Thapa (born 1970), Nepalese sports shooter
* Parvati Devi Deskit Wangmo (born 1934), Queen mother of Ladakh and Ladakh politician

## Fictional characters

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* Parvati Patil, from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
* 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
* Parvati Holcomb, a possible companion character in the video game The Outer Worlds

## See also

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* Parvatibai

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