Parvati (given name)

Parvati is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which comes from the name of the goddess Parvati. Alternative spellings include Parvathy and Parvathi.

Notable people with the name

 * Parvathy Thiruvothu (born 1989), Indian actress, who has appeared in films including Maryan and Bangalore Days
 * Parvati Prasad Baruva (1904–1964), Indian Assamese-language poet, lyricist and dramatist
 * Parvathy Baul (born 1976), Indian Bengali-language singer, musician and storyteller
 * Parvathy Jayadevan, Indian Malayalam-language playback singer
 * Parvathy Jayaram (born 1970), Indian actress
 * Parvati Khan (née Maharaj), Indian-Trinidadian singer
 * Parvathi Krishnan (1919–2014), Indian politician
 * Parvati Kumari, Indian classical Sufi music singer
 * Parvati Melton, American-Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films
 * Parvathy Nair (born 1991), Indian actress, who has appeared in films including Story Kathe and Yennai Arindhaal
 * Parvathy Ratheesh, Indian Malayalam actress
 * Parvathy Omanakuttan (born 1987) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and the winner of the 2008 Miss India pageant
 * Parvati Shallow (born 1982), American television personality
 * Parvathy Soman (born 1997), Indian singer
 * Parbati Barua, Indian conservationist, known for Queen of the Elephants BBC documentary
 * Parbati Charan Das (1923–1949), first Kargil martyr of India, made supreme sacrifice when trying to cross river Indus in October 1949
 * Parbati Chaudhary, member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
 * Parbati Giri (1926–1995), nicknamed the Mother Teresa of Western Odisha, was a prominent female freedom fighter from Odisha, India
 * Parvathi Nayar (born 1964), Chennai born and based visual artist and creative writer
 * Parvati Thapa (born 1970), Nepalese sports shooter
 * Parvati Devi Deskit Wangmo (born 1934), Queen mother of Ladakh and Ladakh politician

Fictional characters

 * Parvati Patil, from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
 * Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty, from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novella, Devdas
 * Parvati Wasatch, another name of Janice Soprano from the HBO TV series The Sopranos
 * Parvati Holcomb, a possible companion character in the video game The Outer Worlds