Paraskeva

Paraskeva is a Slavic feminine given name, a variant of Paraskevi (Greek: Παρασκευή). It is also a Greek surname. Colloquial diminutives: Paraska, Parasha. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Paraskeva of the Balkans, 10th-century ascetic female saint
• Paraskeva Clark (1898–1986), Canadian painter
• Paraskeva Diveyevskaya, Russian wanderer and nun

Surname

• Janet Paraskeva (born 1946), British government official
• João Paraskeva
• Loukas Paraskeva, Cypriot lawn bowler
• Mary Paraskeva (1882–1951), Greek amateur photographer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Paraskeva
• Praskovya
• MissParaskeva, stage name of Pasha Pozdniakova (born 1999), Finnish-Russian model, entrepreneur and social media influencer

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