Pranay is a
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
Indian masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, which means "affection/love" or "regard".
Notable people with the name include:
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Pranay Chulet
Quikr is an Indian online marketplace and classified advertising company, based in Bangalore, India. Quikr has listings in over 1000 cities in India and in categories such as mobile phones, household goods, cars, real estate, jobs, services an ...
, Indian entrepreneur, founder of Quikr
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Pranay Gupte
Pranay Gupte (born 1948) is an American journalist of Indian origin, writer of biographical and non-fiction books, documentary film producer, and television and radio commentator. He worked for many years as a ''New York Times'' staff repo ...
, Indian-American journalist, author and newspaper founder
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Pranaya SJB Rana
Pranaya SJB Rana is a writer, editor and journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is currently editor of ''The Record'', a digital-native news publication focusing on long form reporting, essays, and explainers. Rana was previously features edit ...
, Nepali journalist, author and newspaper editor
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Pranay Sahay
Pranay Sahay is an Indian Police Service officer of the 1975 batch and was the Director General of Police of the Central Reserve Police Force, the largest paramilitary force in India. He was the Director General of Police (DG) of the Sashastra ...
, Indian police officer
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Pranay Sharma
Pranay Sharma (born 16 March 1988) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10 ...
, Indian cricketer
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Dasyam Pranay Bhasker
Dasyam Pranay Bhasker (born 6 July 1956) was an Indian politician, Minister and Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hanamkonda (Assembly constituency), representing the Telugu Desam Party.
Early life
Dasyam Pranay Bhas ...
, Indian politician
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Pranayraj Vangari
Pranayraj Vangari is a Telugu theatre research scholar and Telugu Wikipedia Administrator. With a concept name ''WikiVatsaram'' (), he has written 365 new articles on Wikipedia in 365 days in a row. He is the first person to achieve this cred ...
, Telugu theatre research scholar and Telugu Wikipedia Administrator
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