Priya (given name)
Priya or Pria is a common given name in India which is also used in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
It is cognate to the name of the Germanic goddess Frigg; both descend from the Proto-Indo-European stem *priH-o-, meaning "beloved".
People
- Priya A. S., Indian author
- Priya Abraham, Indian scientist, medical doctor and virologist
- Priya Ahluwalia, British-Indian-Nigerian fashion designer
- Priya Anand, Indian actress and model
- Priya Badlani, Indian actress and model
- Priya Balasubramaniam, Indian engineer
- Priya Banerjee, Canadian actress
- Priya Bapat, Indian actress
- Priya Basil, British writer
- Priya Bathija, Indian actress
- Priya Berde, Indian actress
- Priya Bhavani Shankar, Indian actress
- Priya Chaudhry, American lawyer
- Priya Cooper, Australian swimmer
- Priya Davdra, British actress
- Priya David, American journalist
- Priya Dutt, Indian politician
- Priya Gill, Indian actress
- Priya Hassan, Indian actress, director and producer
- Priya Himesh, Indian singer
- Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala, Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Priya Kambli, Indian photographer
- Priya Kansara, British actress
- Priya Kaur-Jones, British newsreader and presenter
- Priya Krishna (journalist), Indian-American author and chef
- Priya Kumar, Indian writer and motivational speaker
- Priya Lal, British-Indian actress, dancer and singer
- Priya Malik, Indian weightlifter
- Priya Marathe, Indian actress
- Priya Mishra, Indian cricketer
- Priya Paul, Indian businesswoman and entrepreneur
- Priya Prakash Varrier, Indian actress
- Priya Punia, Indian cricketer
- Priya P.V, Indian footballer and manager
- Priya Ragu, Swiss singer
- Priya Raina, Indian actress
- Priya Rajan, Indian politician
- Priya Rajvansh, Indian actress
- Priya Ramani, Indian journalist, writer, and editor
- Priya Ramrakha, Kenyan photojournalist
- Priya Raman, Indian actress and producer
- Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
- Priya Saroj, Indian politician
- Priya Satia, American historian
- Priya Sharma, British fantasy and horror short-story writer and novelist
- Priya Suriyasena, Sri Lankan singer
- Priya Tendulkar, Indian actress, social activist and writer
- Priya Wal, Indian actress
Fictional characters
- Priya Kapoor, from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
- Priya Koothrappali, from The Big Bang Theory television series
- Priya Mangal, character from the 2022 Pixar film Turning Red
- Priya Nandra-Hart, fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders
- Priya Sharma, from the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Priya Tsetsang, the original identity of Sierra in the US television series Dollhouse
- Priya, protagonist of The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- Priya Ramaswami, character from ''The Sims 2: Seasons''