Parveen

Parveen (Persian: پروین) is a Persian-Kurdish given name meaning Pleiades. It is commonly used in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and India. It is also used as a last name.

Spellings and / or transcriptions might differ depending on the country: Parvin,  Perveen, Pervin or Parween.

Females

 * Parvin Ahmadinejad (born 1962), Iranian politician
 * Parvin Ardalan (born 1967), Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist
 * Parveen Babi (1954 –2005), Indian actress
 * Pervin Buldan (born 1967), Turkish politician
 * Parvin Darabi (born 1941), Iranian born American activist, writer and defender of women's rights
 * Parvin Dowlatabadi (1924–2008), Iranian children's author and poet
 * Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Iranian poet
 * Parween Hayat, Pakistani politician
 * Shama Parveen Magsi (born 1950), politician from Balochistan province of Pakistan
 * Pervin Özdemir (born 1951), Turkish ceramic artist
 * Selina Parvin (1931–1971), Bangladeshi journalist
 * Parween Pazhwak (born 1967), Afghan artist and poet and writer in the Persian language
 * Parveen Shakir (1952–1994) Pakistani Urdu poet, teacher and civil servant
 * Parvin Soleimani (1922–2009), Iranian actress of theater and cinema
 * Parveen Sultana (born 1950), Indian Hindustani classical singer

Males

 * Parvin Dabas (born 1974), Indian actor and model
 * Parvin Darabadi, professor at the International Relations Department, Baku State University
 * Parvin Mammadov, Azerbaijani Paralympic powerlifter
 * Alfred Parvin (1859–1916), English cricketer
 * Ali Parvin (born 1947), Iranian football player
 * Landon Parvin (born 1948), American political speech

Places

 * Parvin Bridge, Lane County, Oregon, US
 * Parvin State Park, New Jersey, US

Other uses

 * PARVA gene, encodes the protein alpha-parvin in humans
 * Parvin (mango), mango