Parveen

Parveen (Persian: پروین) is a Persian-Kurdish given name meaning Pleiades. It is commonly used in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and India. It is also used as a last name.

Spellings and / or transcriptions might differ depending on the country: Parvin, Perveen, Pervin or Parween.

Given name

Females

• Parvin Ahmadinejad (born 1962), Iranian politician
• Parvin Ardalan (born 1967), Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist
• Parveen Babi (1954 –2005), Indian actress
• Pervin Buldan (born 1967), Turkish politician
• Parvin Darabi (born 1941), Iranian born American activist, writer and defender of women's rights
• Parvin Dowlatabadi (1924–2008), Iranian children's author and poet
• Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Iranian poet
• Parween Hayat, Pakistani politician
• Shama Parveen Magsi (born 1950), politician from Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Pervin Özdemir (born 1951), Turkish ceramic artist
• Parween Pazhwak (born 1967), Afghan artist and poet and writer in the Persian language
• Parveen Shakir (1952–1994) Pakistani Urdu poet, teacher and civil servant
• Parvin Soleimani (1922–2009), Iranian actress of theater and cinema
• Parveen Sultana (born 1950), Indian Hindustani classical singer

Males

• Parvin Dabas (born 1974), Indian actor and model
• Parvin Darabadi (1947-2017), professor at the International Relations Department, Baku State University
• Parvin Mammadov (born 1995), Azerbaijani Paralympic powerlifter

Surname

• Alfred Parvin (1859–1916), English cricketer
• Ali Parvin (born 1946), Iranian football player and coach
• Farida Parveen (1954–2025), Bangladeshi singer
• Landon Parvin (born 1948), American political speechwriter
• Selina Parvin (1931–1971), Bangladeshi journalist

Places

• Parvin Bridge, Lane County, Oregon, US
• Parvin State Park, New Jersey, US

Other uses

• PARVA gene, encodes the protein alpha-parvin in humans
• Parvin (mango), mango

See also

• Parviz, its masculine counterpart