Uma (given name)
Uma is a given name in various cultures.
In India, it is the name of the Hindu goddess, who is more commonly known as Parvati. In Sanskrit the word umā can further mean "tranquillity", "splendour", "fame" and "night".[1]
In Hebrew and Aramaic its meaning is "nation".
It is also used by the Tiv people of Cameroon and Nigeria where the meaning in the Tiv language is "life".
The name Uma is also popular in the Otukpo subgroup of the Idoma people of Nigeria and the meaning in the Idoma language is "to shine".
List of people
- Uma Bharati, Indian politician
- Uma Chowdhry, chemist
- Uma Khouny, Israeli-Filipino contestant in Pinoy Big Brother
- Uma Krishnaswami, Indian author
- Uma Narayan, Indian Scholar
- Uma Pemmaraju, news anchor
- Uma Sharma, Kathak dancer and choreographer
- Uma Parameswaran, Indo-Canadian author
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Uma (actress), an Indian film actress
See also
- Uma (disambiguation)
- Una (disambiguation)
- Oona, given name
- Oonagh, given name
- Hunna, French saint
References
- ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-864308-1.
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