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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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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 Priyanka Bassi is an Indian television actress popularly known for her famous act as Cadet Naina Singh Ahluwalia in the popular soap '' Left Right Left''. She is originally from Delhi and has also attended Barry John's Theatre Group. Televisio ...

, Indian television actress * *

Priyanka Chaturvedi Priyanka Vickram Chaturvedi (born 19 November 1979) is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena (UBT). Prior to this, she was a member and one of the National Spokespersons ...

(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 Priyanka Deshpande (born 28 April 1992) is an Indian television presenter and actress who predominantly works in the Tamil television and film industry. Priyanka is also one of the highest-paid South Indian television presenters. She is well kno ...

(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 Priyanka Kothari, often credited as Nisha Kothari or Amoha, is an Indian former actress and model. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. Early life Priyanka Kothari was born in West Bengal. She moved to New Delhi while in ...

(born 1983), Bollywood actress *

Priyanka Mohan Priyanka Arul Mohan (born 20 November 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film '' Ondh Kathe Hella'' (2019), and appeared in the Telugu films '' Gang Leader'' (2 ...

(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 Priyanka Nalkari (born April 29, 1994) is an Indian actress and anchor who works in Tamil and Telugu television and films. She is best known for playing the title role in Sun TV's show '' Roja'' (2018–2022). Career Priyanka is an Indian ...

(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 Priyanka Shah is an Indian former netball player, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Tourism India 2007 and a finalist in Femina Miss India 2007. She is also the winner of Get Gorgeous 2005. Early life and care ...

, Indian actress *

Priyanka Singh Priyanka Singh (born 9 May 1990) is an Indian playback singer and performer who is mainly active in Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema. She made her singing debut on the reality show ''Sur Sangram'' ''Season - 1'', broadcast on Mahua Channel. She has su ...

(born 1990), Indian singer *

Priyanka Singh Rawat Priyanka Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who represents the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life Rawat was born on 7 August 1985 at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, to Uttam Ram Singh and Prabha Singh. Uttam Ram is a retired Provincial Civil Service ...

, 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 Pri Xi is a New Zealand born actor. She was born on 28 July 1991 in Wellington. Career Xi began her professional acting career as a teenager in the first series of '' The Killian Curse''. Her first movie role was as Kirstie MacMorrow in the fil ...

(born 1991), New Zealand actress *

Priyanka Yoshikawa is a Japanese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Japan 2016. She is of mixed Japanese and Indian descent. Yoshikawa is the second hāfu, mixed-race woman to win a major beauty pageant in Japan after Ariana Miyamoto, who won ...

, Miss Japan, 2016

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

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