Priya

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Priya

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 ________".
   • 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Hindu surname.