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 ' can further mean "tranquillity", "splendour", "fame" and "night".

People with the name

Uma (actress) (Uma Shankari, fl from 2000), Indian actress

Uma Bharti (born 1959), Indian politician

Uma Chowdhry (born 1957), American chemist

Uma Devi Khatri (1923Ã¢ÂÂ2003), or Tun Tun, Indian actor and comedienne

Uma Khouny, Israeli-Filipino contestant in Pinoy Big Brother

Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956), Indian author

Uma Kumaran, British politician

Uma Narayan (fl. from 1990), Indian Scholar

Uma Pemmaraju (1958Ã¢ÂÂ2022), IndianÃ¢ÂÂAmerican news anchor

Uma Sharma (born 1942), kathak dancer and choreographer

Uma Thurman (born 1970), American actress

Fictional characters with the name

Uma, a main character in Oobi

Uma, a main villain in Disney's Descendants 2 and Descendants 3

Uma, a main character in Robert Louis Stevenson's Polynesian tale "The Beach of FalesÃÂ¡"

See also

Uma (disambiguation)

Una (disambiguation)

Oona, given name

Oonagh, given name

Hunna, French saint

References