Entry № 8324 · Sanskrit origin

Priyanka Priyanka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ pree-YANG-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Beloved (Priyanka Chopra Jonas; Priyanka Gandhi)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "beloved (priyanka chopra jonas; priyanka gandhi)".

Priyanka (प्रियंका) is from the Sanskrit priya (beloved) + aṅka (mark, sign) — "the beloved one." Priyanka Chopra Jonas (born 1982) — Indian actress, model, and producer; Miss World 2000 and one of the highest-paid actresses globally. Has starred in over 60 films across Hindi, Tamil, and English cinema. Padma Shri (2016) — India's fourth-highest civilian honor.

Beloved (Priyanka Chopra Jonas; Priyanka Gandhi) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

प्रियंका
Transliteration
Priyaṅkā
Pronunciation
/ priːˈjɑːŋ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Priyanka stands.

Priyanka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Priyankas before her.

Real people
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Indian actress and producer.
born 1982
Priyanka Gandhi
Indian politician.
born 1972
In fiction
Alex Parrish
Quantico.
2015

Names connected to Priyanka.

The number behind Priyanka.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Priyanka reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.