''Priyanka'' is a popular female given name in

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cultures. It is a name derived from the

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word 'Priyankera' or ' Priyankara', meaning someone or something that is sweet, lovable, or her presence makes the place more happy and the one who has lovely eyes (priya ank). In its

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form it can also mean endearing behavior, for example an act of showing kindness or happiness or excitement; or kind agree-ability. Occasionally the name is given to boys.Is Priyanka a Male or Female Name? https://genderize.io/names/priyanka The

word Priyankara is also used to describe the white variety of the ' Kantakari' flower (Sweta kantakari). Some of the earliest mentions of the Kantakari flower can be found in the ancient

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text from the mid-second millennium BCE.

Notable people

Priyanka (drag queen) Mark Suknanan (born May 28, 1991) is a Canadian singer, television personality and drag queen. Competing under his drag name, Priyanka, Suknanan won the Canada's Drag Race (season 1), first season of the reality competition series ''Canada's Drag ...

, winner of season 1 of ''Canada's Drag Race'' * Priyanka Bassi, Indian television actress * * Priyanka Chaturvedi (born 1979), Spokesperson of All India Congress Committee *

Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is India's highest-paid actress and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards and fiv ...

(born 1982), Indian actress, singer and Miss World 2000 * Priyanka Deshpande (born 1992), Indian television presenter *

Priyanka Dutt Priyanka Dutt Chalasani (born 19 December 1984) is an Indian film producer known for her work in Telugu cinema. She is the daughter of C. Ashwini Dutt, a well known Indian film producer and the founder of Vyjayanthi Movies. Dutt studied film ...

(born 1984), Indian film producer *

Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (''née'' Gandhi; born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician who is serving as the member of the Lok Sabha for Wayanad, Kerala, since November 2024. A member of the Indian National Congress, she is also serving as a ge ...

, (born 1972) Indian politician * Priyanka Jawalkar, (born 1992) Indian actress *

Priyanka Karki Priyanka Karki DS Joshi is a Nepalese film actress, model, director, writer and the winner of the Miss Teen Nepal 2005 pageant. Early life Karki was born in 1987 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her parents are Bhupendra Karki and Raksha Malhotra. ...

, Nepalese actress * Priyanka Kothari (born 1983), Bollywood actress * Priyanka Mohan (born 1994), Indian actress *

Priyanka Nair Priyanka Nair is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. She made her debut in the Tamil film '' Veyyil'' in 2006. She won the 2008 Kerala State Film Award for best actress for her role in '' Vilapangalkappur ...

(born 1985), Malayalam actress * Priyanka Nalkari (born 1994), Indian film and television actress *

Priyanka Sarkar Priyanka Sarkar (born 31 December 1990) is an Indian film and television actress who mostly works in Bengali films. She started her career working in the Bengali television industry in 2003 while she was only 12 years old. Later she worked in se ...

, Bengali film and television actress * Priyanka Shah, Indian actress * Priyanka Singh (born 1990), Indian singer * Priyanka Singh Rawat, politician from Bhartiya Janata Party *

Priyanka Upendra Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films and in a few Tamil and Bengali language films. Early life Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal We ...

, Indian actress also known as Priyanka Trivedi * Priyanka Xi (born 1991), New Zealand actress * Priyanka Yoshikawa, Miss Japan, 2016

Other uses

* ''Priyanka'' (1994 film), 1994 Tamil drama film * ''Priyanka'' (2016 film), 2016 Kannada drama film

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