Preeti

Preeti

Gender	Female
Language(s)	Hindi Sanskrit Bengali and other Indian languages
Origin
Word/name	Via Sanskrit
Meaning	"pleasure", "kindness", "grace", "love"
Region of origin	India, Bangladesh
Other names
Related names	Preety, Preity, Priti, Prethy

Preeti, also: Preety, Preity or Priti , Prethy is a feminine given name in Indian and especially Indo-Aryan languages.

Etymology

The name Preeti is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रीति" (prīti), meaning "pleasure", "joy", "kindness", "favor", "grace", "love", from प्री (prī).

Preeti in Indian languages

• Assamese: প্রীতি
• Bengali: প্রীতি
• Bhojpuri: प्रीति
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: প্রীতি
• Gujarati: પ્રીતિ
• Hindi: प्रीति
• Kannada: ಪ್ರೀತಿ
• Maithili: प्रीति
• Malayalam: പ്രീതി
• Marathi: प्रीती
• Nepali: प्रीति
• Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੀਤੀ
  • Western Punjabi: پریتی
• Tamil: பிரீத்தி
• Telugu: ప్రీతి

Notable people named Preeti

• Preeti Amin, Indian television actress and reality show participant
• Preeti Aneja, Indian film director
• Preeti Bose (born 1992), Indian cricketer
• Preeti Choudhry, Indian journalist and television anchor
• Preeti Desai (born 1984), Indian actress, supermodel and former winner of 2006 Miss Great Britain
• Preeti Dimri (born 1986), Indian cricketer
• Preeti Dubey, Indian field hockey player
• Preeti Ganguly (1953–2012), Indian actress
• Preeti Gupta (born 1986), Indian actress
• Preeti Jhangiani (born 1980), Indian actress
• Preeti Kaur (born 1981), Indian-Nepalese singer
• Preeti Malhotra (born 1965), Indian businesswoman
• Preeti Mankotia, Indian model and winner of Miss India in 1995
• Preeti Sagar, Indian Bollywood playback singer
• Preeti Shenoy (born 1971), Indian writer
• Preeti Singh (born 1971), Indian writer and editor
• Preeti Sudan, Indian politician and Health Secretary of India
• Preeti Tomar, Indian politician and member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

Notable people named Preity

• Preity Zinta (born 1975), Indian film actress and model

Notable people named Priti

• Priti Menon (born 24 September 1985), Indian model, singer and psychologist
• Priti Paintal (born 1960) Indian composer, performer, producer and promoter
• Priti Patel (born 1972), British politician, MP and minister
• Priti Rijal (born 1991), Nepali tennis player
• Priti Sapru (born 24 December 1957), Indian actress
• Priti Sengupta, Indian Gujarati poet and writer
• Priti Shankar (1947-2011), Indian teacher, researcher, and educationist

Fictional characters

• Preeti Choraria, from British soap opera EastEnders

See also

• Preeti & Pinky, Indipop duo singers