Anoushka (given name)
The Russian names Anoushka, Anouska, Anuschka, Anushka and Annushka are diminutive forms of the female given name Anna, derived from the Russian diminutive Аннушка.[1] Anoushka (انوشکا) also means "grace" or "a favour" or "a flower" in Persian. The Indian name Anushka (अनुष्का) means "ray of light" in Sanskrit. Notable people with the name include:
Anoushka
- Anoushka (Egyptian singer) (born 1960), stage name of Egyptian singer Wartanoush Garbis Selim
- Anoushka Parikh (born 1997), Indian badminton player
- Anoushka Shankar (born 1981), Indian American sitar player and composer
- Anoushka Sabnis (born 2007), Indian author and poet
- Anoushka Schut-Welkzijn (born 1969), Dutch politician
Anouska
- Anouska Golebiewski, participant in season 4 of Big Brother
- Anouska Hempel (born 1941), sometimes Anoushka Hempel, New Zealand actress, hotelier and designer
- Anouska Koster (born 1993), Dutch racing cyclist
- Anouska van der Zee (born 1976), Dutch racing cyclist
Anousjka
- Anousjka van Exel (born 1974), Dutch tennis player
Anuschka
- Anuschka Gläser (born 1969), German former pair skater
- Anuschka Tischer (born 1968), German historian
Anushka
- Anushka Asthana (born 1980), Indian-British journalist
- Anushka Jasraj, Indian fiction writer
- Anushka Manchanda (born 1984), Indian singer
- Anushka Naiknaware (born 2003), Indian-American inventor, scientist and speaker
- Anushka Patel, Australian scientist and cardiologist
- Anushka Perera (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Anushka Polonowita (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Anushka Ranjan (born 1990), Indian film actress and model
- Anushka Rajapaksha, Sri Lankan scientist
- Anushka Ravishankar, Indian author of children's books, and co-founder of Duckbill Books, a publishing house
- Anushka Sanjeewani (born 1990), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Anushka Sen (born 2002), Indian model and television actress
- Anushka Shahaney also known as Anushqa, Indian singer and songwriter
- Anushka Sharma (born 1988), Indian actress
- Anushka Shetty (born 1981), South Indian actress
- Anushka Shrestha (born 1995), Nepalese beauty pageant winner
- Anushka Singh (born 1964), Indian model and actress
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Anoushka
- All pages with titles containing Anoushka
- Anoushka (disambiguation)
- Anoushka (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.