# Deepika

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| gender        = Female
| meaning       = "fans"<br/>"light"
| region        = [India](/source/India) and [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
| language      = [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam), [Hindi](/source/Hindi), [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language), [Konkani](/source/Konkani_language), [Kannada](/source/Kannada_language)
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| related names = [Deepali](/source/Deepali_(disambiguation)), Deeyah, Dipali, Dipika
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'''Deepika''' (ദീപിക, दीपिका) is a [Hindu](/source/Hindu)/[Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) Indian feminine [given name](/source/given_name), which means "lantern" and "light".

== Notable people named Deepika ==
* [Deepika Chikhalia](/source/Deepika_Chikhalia) (born 1965), Indian actress and politician
* [Deepika Joshi-Shah](/source/Deepika_Joshi-Shah) (1976–2012), Indian actress and singer
* [Deepika Kamaiah](/source/Deepika_Kamaiah) (born 1984), Indian actress and model
* [Deepika Kumari](/source/Deepika_Kumari) (born 1994), Indian archer
* [Deepika Kumari (field hockey)](/source/Deepika_Kumari_(field_hockey)) (born 2003), Indian field hockey player
* [Deepika Kurup](/source/Deepika_Kurup) (born 1998), Indian inventor, scientist and clean water advocate
* [Deepika Padukone](/source/Deepika_Padukone) (born 1986), Indian actress and model
* [Deepika Rasangika](/source/Deepika_Rasangika) (born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer
* [Deepika Singh](/source/Deepika_Singh) (born 1989), Indian actress

== Notable people named Dipika ==
* [Dipika Murthy](/source/Dipika_Murthy) (born 1980), Indian hockey player
* [Dipika Pallikal](/source/Dipika_Pallikal) (born 1991), Indian squash player
* [Dipika Kakar](/source/Dipika_Kakar) (born 1986), Indian TV actress

== Notable people named Deeyah ==
* [Deeyah Khan](/source/Deeyah_Khan) (born 1977), Norwegian film director, music producer, composer, and human rights defender

== Fictional characters ==
* Deepika, from the Mohammad Hossain Jemy's 2011 film ''[Bajaw Biyer Bajna](/source/Bajaw_Biyer_Bajna)''

== See also ==
* [Deepali (disambiguation)](/source/Deepali_(disambiguation))

Category:Hindu given names
Category:Indian feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names

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