Gauri (given name)

Gauri (alternatively Gowri or Gouri) is a given name of India. It is derived from the Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī, 'white, shining, brilliant'),^[1] which is used as an epithet of the goddess Parvati, especially in the Mahagauri manifestation.

Gauri

Language	Sanskrit
Origin
Region of origin	India

List of persons with the name

• Gauri Pradhan Tejwani (born 16 September 1964), Indian television actress
• Gauri Shinde, Indian ad-film and feature film director
• Gauri Karnik, Hindi and Marathi film actress
• Gauri Khan, Indian Film Producer and Interior Designer
• Gauri Shankar, Indian chess player and FIDE Master
• Gauri Malla, Nepali actress
• Gauri Ma (1857 – 1938), Indian disciple of Ramakrishna, companion of Sarada Devi
• Gauri Deshpande (1942–2003), novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India
• Gauri Ayyub (1931 – 1998), social worker, activist, writer and teacher based in Kolkata (Calcutta
• Gauri Pradhan, social activist and human rights defender in Nepal as well as in South Asia
• Gauri Shankar Pandey, veteran Indian politician and a former Minister of Bihar
• Protima Gauri (1948 – 1998), Indian model turned odissi exponent
• Gauri Shankar Kalita (1955 – 2010), Indian journalist
• Gauri Shankar Rai, member of the Sixth Lok Sabha during 1977-79 representing Ghazipur constituency of Uttar Pradesh
• Gauri Shankar Shejwar, medical doctor by profession and one of the senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh
• Gauri Shankar Khadka, Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
• Gauri Gokhale (born 1984), Indian cricketer
• Gauri Rani Banerjee, Indian social worker