Priya

P3R1I1Y4A1

proper noun

A female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".

OriginSanskrit प्रिया →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".

    Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.

    2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022
  2. Hindu surname.

Origin

  1. Sanskritप्रिया
  2. EnglishPriya

From Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā). Doublet of Frigg (and variants).

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APA

Priya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Priya

MLA

“Priya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Priya. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Priya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Priya.

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