Poonam Explained

Poonam
Gender:	Unisex
Meaning:	"full moon"
Region:	India
Language:	Hindi Sanskrit
Alternative Spelling:	Punam

Poonam or Punam (Hindi: पूनम) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian predominantly feminine given name, which means "full moon". Notable people with the name include:

Poonam

• Poonam Bajwa (born 1989), Indian actress and model
• Poonam Dhillon (born 1962), Indian actress
• Poonam Joshi (born 1970), Indian actress
• Poonam Kaur (born 1986), Indian actress and model
• Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 1953), Indian IRS officer
• Poonam Mahajan Rao (born 1980), Indian politician and member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central
• Poonam Pandey (born 1991), Indian actress and model
• Poonam Sinha (born 1949), Indian actress
• Poonam Chand Vishnoi (1924–2006), Indian politician, Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1980–1985

Punam

• Punam Anand Keller, American economist and professor of Management
• Punam Barla (born 1995), Indian field hockey player
• Punam Devi, Indian politician and activist
• Punam Patel, American actress
• Punam Raut (born 1989), Indian cricketer
• Punam Reddy, Indian tennis player
• Punam Suri, Indian educator, journalist and editor
• Punam Yadav (born 1995), Indian weightlifter

See also

• Purnima (disambiguation)
• Punnami Naagu (disambiguation)
• Poonam Ki Raat, a 1965 film directed by Kishore Sahu

• Poonam (1981 film), directed by Harmesh Malhotra starring Poonam Dhillon
• Punam, 2006 Serbian documentary film
• Pūnam, village in Iran