Preeti, also: Preethi, Preety, Preity, Priti, or Prethy, is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Etymology

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

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

god of love,

Kamadeva Kamadeva (, ), also known as Kama, Manmatha, and Madana is the Deva (Hinduism), Hindu god of Eroticism, erotic love, carnal desire, attraction, pleasure and beauty, as well as the personification of the concept of ''kāma''. He is depicted as a ...

Preeti in Indian languages

* Assamese: প্রীতি *

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

: প্রীতি *

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri may refer to: * Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal * Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language * Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language * Bhojpuri people, people who speak the language * Bhojpuri region ...

: प्रीति * Bishnupriya Manipuri: প্রীতি * Gujarati: પ્રીતિ *

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: प्रीति *

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಪ್ರೀತಿ * Maithili: प्रीति *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

: പ്രീതി *

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

: प्रीती * Nepali: प्रीति * Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ** Western Punjabi: پریتی *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

: பிரீத்தி *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

: ప్రీతి

Notable people named Preeti

Preeti Amin Preeti Amin (born 29 December 1967) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Telugu and Hindi television. She is best known for her roles of Sravanthi in '' Chakravakam'', Jiya Sabharwal in ''Jhoome Jiiya Re'', Dr. Jiya Abhimanyu Modi in '' Di ...

(born 1967), Indian television actress and reality show participant *

Preeti Bose Preeti Bose (born 20 April 1992) is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Haryana women's cricket team in domestic matches. She is the first woman player from Haryana to play for the India women's team, Railways team and T20 Women's Asia Cup final ...

(born 1992), Indian cricketer *

Preeti Desai Preeti Desai (born 29 September 1981) is an English film and television actress, and former fashion model. Desai is listed as the ''Times of Indias 50 Most Desirable Women and ''People'' Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2011. Early lif ...

(born 1984), Indian actress, supermodel and former winner of 2006 Miss Great Britain *

Preeti Dimri Preeti Dharmanand Dimri (born 18 October 1986) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a Left arm unorthodox spin, slow left-arm unorthodox Bowling (cricket), bowler. She appeared in two Women's Test cricket, Test matches, 23 Women's One Day ...

(born 1986), Indian cricketer *

Preeti Dubey Preeti Dubey is an Indian field hockey player. She was a part of the gold medal winning team at the 2016 Asian Champions Trophy and the 2016 South Asian Games. Early life Hailing from Gorakhpur, Dubey met coach Paramjeet Singh and shifted bas ...

(born 1998), Indian field hockey player *

Preeti Ganguly Preeti Ganguly (17 May 1953 – 2 December 2012) was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar and part of the Ganguly family. She was best kno ...

(1953–2012), Indian actress *

Preeti Jhangiani Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film '' Mazhavillu'' (1999) and her Hindi debut with the multi-starrer romantic film ''Moha ...

(born 1980), Indian actress * Preeti Kaur (born 1981), Indian-Nepalese singer * Preeti Malhotra (born 1965), Indian businesswoman * Preeti Mistry, English-born American chef *

Preeti Sagar Preeti Sagar is a former Bollywood playback singer who won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Mero Gaam Katha Parey" from '' Manthan'' in 1978 and for the hit song "My Heart is Beating" from '' Julie'' (1975). Ca ...

, Indian Bollywood playback singer * Preeti Shenoy (born 1971), Indian writer * Preeti Singh (born 1971), Indian writer and editor * Preeti Sudan (born 1960), Indian politician and Health Secretary of India * Preeti Tomar (born 1970), Indian politician and member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

Notable people named Preity

Preity Zinta Preity G. Zinta (pronounced ; born 31 January 1975) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English honours and criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in '' Dil Se..'' in 19 ...

(born 1975), Indian film actress and model

Notable people named Preethi

Preethi Asrani Preethi Asrani is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films and television industry. She played the lead role in the Tamil soap opera '' Minnale'' on Sun TV. She debuted as a lead actress with ''Pressure Cooker'' (202 ...

(born 1999), Indian actress in Telugu and Tamil films and television * Preethi Nair (born 1971), British author of Indian heritage * Preethi Sharma, Indian actress in Tamil and Telugu television * Preethi Srinivasan (born 1979) Indian cricketer for Tamil Nadu * Preethi Varma, Indian actress in Tamil cinema * Radhika Preethi (born 1997), Indian actress in Tamil films and television

Notable people named Priti

* Priti Menon (born 1985), Indian model, singer and psychologist * Priti Paintal (born 1960) Indian composer, performer, producer and promoter *

Priti Patel Dame Priti Sushil Patel (born 29 March 1972) is a British politician who has served as Shadow Foreign Secretary since November 2024, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Secr ...

(born 1972), British politician, MP and minister * Priti Rijal (born 1991), Nepali tennis player *

Priti Sapru Priti Sapru (also spelled Preeti Sapru) is an Indian actress known for her works in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. She appeared in a number of films, including '' Nimmo,'' and '' Qurbani Jatt Di'', among others, with actors Veerendra, Gurdas Maan ...

(born 1957), Indian actress * Priti Sengupta (born 1944), Indian Gujarati poet and writer * Priti Shankar (1947–2011), Indian teacher, researcher, and educationist

Fictional characters

* Preeti Choraria, from British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Preeti the Prom fairy, from British book series '' Rainbow Magic''