Karthika or Kartika (

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

: கார்த்திகா ,

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: कर्थिका,

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

: കാർത്തിക) is a popular Indian divine feminine name derived from the god

Kartikeya Kartikeya (/Sanskrit phonology, kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda (Sanskrit phonology, /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/Sanskrit phonology, sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha (Sanskrit phonology, /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan ...

, which means "bestower of courage". Notable people with the given name of Karthika include: *

Karthika (Malayalam actress) Sunanda Nair, better known by her stage name Karthika is an Indian former actress who worked predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam movies and a few Tamil cinema, Tamil movies. She was one of the popular lead Malayalam actresses during 19 ...

- Malayali actress from 1980s and 90s * Karthika Adaikalam, Tamil actress *

Karthika Mathew Karthika Mathew (born Lidiya Jacob), better known mononymously as Karthika, is an Indian former actress, who has appeared in several Malayalam and Tamil films Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of m ...

, Malayali actress *

Karthika Nair Karthika Nair (born 27 June 1992) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked down South in all language films. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Josh (2009 Telugu film), Josh'', opposite Naga Chaitanya. She rose to fame starrin ...

(born 1992), Indian actress and model *

Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi Maharani Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi (1916-2008) was the only sister of the last ruling Maharajah of Travancore, Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma and of his successor, Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma. Under the matrilineal ''Marum ...

(1916–2008), Indian queen and linguist *

Kartika Rane Kartika Rane (born March 17, 1977) is an Indian actress. Rane began her career as Yamunabai in historical drama, ''The Great Maratha''. She found success in her roles as Antara in ''Ek Se Badkar Ek'', Lieutenant Maya in ''Captain Vyom'', and Ma ...

, Indian actress *

Kartika Liotard Kartika Tamara Liotard (June 26, 1971 – August 1, 2020) was a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2020. She was formerly a member of the Socialist Party, was vice-chair of the EUL–NGL group, ...

, member of the European Parliament

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