Poonam or Punam ( Hindi: पूनम) is a

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/ Sanskrit Indian predominantly feminine

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, which means "full moon". Notable people with the name include:

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* Poonam Bajwa (born 1989), Indian actress and model * Poonam Dhillon (born 1962), Indian actress * Poonam Joshi (born 1970), Indian actress *

Poonam Kaur Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She is also a politician, based out of Telangana and a member of the Congress Party. Career Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Poonam Kaur did ...

(born 1986), Indian actress and model *

Poonam Kishore Saxena Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 27 March 1953) is a retired Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1975 batch and the former Chairperson in the rank of Secretary of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). She was the Director General of the D ...

(born 1953), Indian IRS officer *

Poonam Mahajan Rao Poonam Mahajan (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central, Constituency, Maharashtra. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She has served as the Na ...

(born 1980), Indian politician and member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central *

Poonam Pandey Poonam Pandey (born 11 March 1991) is an Indian model and actress. She debuted in Bollywood with the film '' Nasha'' in 2013. Early life Pandey was born to a family from Kanpur. She began her career as a model. She became one of the top nine ...

(born 1991), Indian actress and model *

Poonam Sinha Poonam Sinha (''née'' Chandiramani) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model. She acted in Hindi cinema under the screen name Komal in her early career. She was crowned Miss Young India in 1968. She is married to actor and pol ...

(born 1949), Indian actress *

Poonam Chand Vishnoi Poonam Chand Vishnoi (20 February 1924 - 25 May 2006) was a former speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 7 July 1980 to 20 March 1985. He was a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party in Rajasthan. He hailed from Jodhpur regi ...

(1924–2006), Indian politician, Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1980–1985

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* Punam Anand Keller, American economist and professor of Management * Punam Barla (born 1995), Indian field hockey player *

Punam Devi Punam Devi is an Indian politician. She is the current ''sarpanch'' of '' Bakauli Kala'' village in '' Dhanghata'' Tehsil of ''Sant Kabir Nagar District'' in the state of ''Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a sta ...

, Indian politician and activist * Punam Patel, American actress *

Punam Raut Punam Ganesh Raut (born 14 October 1989), sometimes spelt Poonam Raut, is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team. Career On 15 May 2017, in an ODI verses Ireland, Raut set a world record opening partnership of 320 r ...

(born 1989), Indian cricketer *

Punam Reddy Punam Reddy (born 25 June 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. In 2005, her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came at the Kolkata Open when she partnered with countrywoman Ragini Vimal in the doubles event. They lost in t ...

, Indian tennis player *

Punam Suri Punam Suri is an Indian educator, journalist and recipient of the Padma Shri. Suri is president of the D.A.V. College Managing Committee and Chancellor of DAV University. He was formerly managing editor of The Daily Milap, an Indian newspaper ...

, Indian educator, journalist and editor *

Punam Yadav Punam Yadav (9 July 1995) is an Indian weightlifter who won Bronze medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, where the gold medal was won by Olauwatoyin Adesanmi of Nigeria. She also won a gold me ...

(born 1995), Indian weightlifter

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