Priyanka

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Kanya
• Nakshatra: Chitra
• More names starting with P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Lovable, beautiful; Favourite, dear one, lovable; Lovable, dear one; Lovable, dear, beautiful; Lovable, dear one, winning heart; Loveable, charming, dear; Lovable, dear; Lovable, dear, beloved”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Priyank — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear and cherished one, lovable person; Beloved, dear to the heart
• Tintu — Sweet, twinkling, loveable
• Nirmaljit — Pure victory, winning through cleanliness of heart
• Jeet — Victory, winning and succeeding in all endeavors
• Sanjit — Completely victorious, winning on all fronts
• Suhana — Meanings families give: Pleasant, charming; Pleasant, beautiful, delightful

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu / Tamil origin

• Vidya — Meanings families give: Knowledge, learning; Knowledge, learning, wisdom; Knowledge, education, learning; Knowledge, learning, education

Other names under Kanya rashi

• Dhruv — Meanings families give: Pole star, constant; Pole star, fixed, immovable; Pole star, fixed and unwavering
• Parth — Meanings families give: Prince, Arjuna; Arjuna, prince; Son of Pritha, another name for Arjuna the great hero; Arjuna, son of Pritha, earthly; Son of Pritha; name of Arjuna; Arjuna, one who never misses the target; Arjuna, king, prince
• Prisha — Meanings families give: Beloved, God's gift; Beloved, darling; Beloved, God gifted, talent
• Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
• Pooja — Meanings families give: Prayer, worship, adoration; Worship, prayer; Worship, prayer, reverence; Worship, prayer, adoration
• Pranav — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable Om; The sacred syllable Om, the cosmic sound of creation; Sacred Om syllable; Sacred syllable Om, life force; Sacred syllable Om, holy sound

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kanya names.

Where this comes from

Priyanka has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.