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Indian predominantly feminine

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

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Poonam Bajwa Poonam Bajwa is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2005 with the Telugu film '' Modati Cinema'', after that she was featured in more Telugu film, such as ''Boss'' ( ...

(born 1989), Indian actress and model *

Poonam Dhillon Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. A former Femina Miss India (1977), she is best known for her 1979 film '' Noorie.'' Some of her well-known films include '' Red Rose'' (1980), '' Dard'' (1981), ''Romance' ...

(born 1962), Indian actress *

Poonam Joshi Poonam Joshi is an Indian television soap opera actress. She has performed in TV shows such as ''Bhabhi'', ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', ''Kahiin To Hoga'', '' Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar''. She is a follower of Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), ...

(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 he ...

(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 (born 1980), Indian politician and member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central * Poonam Pandey (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 (1924–2006), Indian politician, Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1980–1985

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Punam Anand Keller Punam Anand Keller is the Charles Henry Jones Third Century Professor of Management at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Ele ...

, American economist and professor of Management *

Punam Barla Punam Barla (born Feb 10, 1995) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team who plays as a forward for the team. Hailing from Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian s ...

(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 ''Punam'' is a 2006 documentary film about nine-year-old girl Punam Tamang from Bhaktapur, Nepal. It was directed by Natasa Urban and Lucian Muntean (aka Lunam Docs), a Serbian independent documentary production duo specializing in telling the s ...

, 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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