Parvati (given name)

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

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 Omanakuttan (born 1987) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and the winner of the 2008 Miss India pageant
• Parvathy Ratheesh (born 1987), Indian Malayalam-language actress, who has appeared in Madhura Naranga
• Parvati Shallow (born 1982), American boxer, charity organizer and internet talk-show host
• Parvathy Soman (born 1997), Indian singer.

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

• Parvatibai