diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx
index a2eed94bb3c..4a4b13b0b31 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from cudf._lib.utils cimport _data_from_columns, data_from_pylibcudf_io
 
 from cudf._lib.utils import _index_level_name, generate_pandas_metadata
 
-from libc.stdint cimport uint8_t
+from libc.stdint cimport int64_t, uint8_t
 from libcpp cimport bool
 from libcpp.map cimport map
 from libcpp.memory cimport make_unique, unique_ptr
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ cdef object _process_metadata(object df,
                               object filepaths_or_buffers,
                               list pa_buffers,
                               bool allow_range_index,
-                              bool use_pandas_metadata):
+                              bool use_pandas_metadata,
+                              size_type nrows=-1,
+                              int64_t skip_rows=0,
+                              ):
 
     add_df_col_struct_names(df, child_names)
     index_col = None
@@ -221,9 +224,13 @@ cdef object _process_metadata(object df,
                 else:
                     idx = cudf.Index(cudf.core.column.column_empty(0))
             else:
+                start = range_index_meta["start"] + skip_rows
+                stop = range_index_meta["stop"]
+                if nrows != -1:
+                    stop = start + nrows
                 idx = cudf.RangeIndex(
-                    start=range_index_meta['start'],
-                    stop=range_index_meta['stop'],
+                    start=start,
+                    stop=stop,
                     step=range_index_meta['step'],
                     name=range_index_meta['name']
                 )
@@ -260,7 +267,9 @@ def read_parquet_chunked(
     row_groups=None,
     use_pandas_metadata=True,
     size_t chunk_read_limit=0,
-    size_t pass_read_limit=1024000000
+    size_t pass_read_limit=1024000000,
+    size_type nrows=-1,
+    int64_t skip_rows=0
 ):
     # Convert NativeFile buffers to NativeFileDatasource,
     # but save original buffers in case we need to use
@@ -287,7 +296,9 @@ def read_parquet_chunked(
         row_groups,
         use_pandas_metadata,
         chunk_read_limit=chunk_read_limit,
-        pass_read_limit=pass_read_limit
+        pass_read_limit=pass_read_limit,
+        skip_rows=skip_rows,
+        nrows=nrows,
     )
 
     tbl_w_meta = reader.read_chunk()
@@ -320,13 +331,16 @@ def read_parquet_chunked(
     df = _process_metadata(df, column_names, child_names,
                            per_file_user_data, row_groups,
                            filepaths_or_buffers, pa_buffers,
-                           allow_range_index, use_pandas_metadata)
+                           allow_range_index, use_pandas_metadata,
+                           nrows=nrows, skip_rows=skip_rows)
     return df
 
 
 cpdef read_parquet(filepaths_or_buffers, columns=None, row_groups=None,
                    use_pandas_metadata=True,
-                   Expression filters=None):
+                   Expression filters=None,
+                   size_type nrows=-1,
+                   int64_t skip_rows=0):
     """
     Cython function to call into libcudf API, see `read_parquet`.
 
@@ -362,6 +376,8 @@ cpdef read_parquet(filepaths_or_buffers, columns=None, row_groups=None,
         filters,
         convert_strings_to_categories = False,
         use_pandas_metadata = use_pandas_metadata,
+        skip_rows = skip_rows,
+        nrows = nrows,
     )
 
     df = cudf.DataFrame._from_data(
@@ -371,7 +387,8 @@ cpdef read_parquet(filepaths_or_buffers, columns=None, row_groups=None,
     df = _process_metadata(df, tbl_w_meta.column_names(include_children=False),
                            tbl_w_meta.child_names, tbl_w_meta.per_file_user_data,
                            row_groups, filepaths_or_buffers, pa_buffers,
-                           allow_range_index, use_pandas_metadata)
+                           allow_range_index, use_pandas_metadata,
+                           nrows=nrows, skip_rows=skip_rows)
     return df
 
 cpdef read_parquet_metadata(filepaths_or_buffers):
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pxd b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pxd
index 027f215fb91..93ef849b813 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pxd
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pxd
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cpdef read_parquet(
     bool convert_strings_to_categories = *,
     bool use_pandas_metadata = *,
     int64_t skip_rows = *,
-    size_type num_rows = *,
+    size_type nrows = *,
     # disabled see comment in parquet.pyx for more
     # ReaderColumnSchema reader_column_schema = *,
     # DataType timestamp_type = *
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pyx
index 96119e1b714..84a79f9565f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pyx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cdef parquet_reader_options _setup_parquet_reader_options(
     bool convert_strings_to_categories = False,
     bool use_pandas_metadata = True,
     int64_t skip_rows = 0,
-    size_type num_rows = -1,
+    size_type nrows = -1,
     # ReaderColumnSchema reader_column_schema = None,
     # DataType timestamp_type = DataType(type_id.EMPTY)
 ):
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ cdef parquet_reader_options _setup_parquet_reader_options(
     )
     if row_groups is not None:
         opts.set_row_groups(row_groups)
-    if num_rows != -1:
-        opts.set_num_rows(num_rows)
+    if nrows != -1:
+        opts.set_num_rows(nrows)
     if skip_rows != 0:
         opts.set_skip_rows(skip_rows)
     if columns is not None:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cdef class ChunkedParquetReader:
         Whether to convert string columns to the category type
     skip_rows : int64_t, default 0
         The number of rows to skip from the start of the file.
-    num_rows : size_type, default -1
+    nrows : size_type, default -1
         The number of rows to read. By default, read the entire file.
     chunk_read_limit : size_t, default 0
         Limit on total number of bytes to be returned per read,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ cdef class ChunkedParquetReader:
         bool use_pandas_metadata=True,
         bool convert_strings_to_categories=False,
         int64_t skip_rows = 0,
-        size_type num_rows = -1,
+        size_type nrows = -1,
         size_t chunk_read_limit=0,
         size_t pass_read_limit=1024000000
     ):
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ cdef class ChunkedParquetReader:
             convert_strings_to_categories=convert_strings_to_categories,
             use_pandas_metadata=use_pandas_metadata,
             skip_rows=skip_rows,
-            num_rows=num_rows,
+            nrows=nrows,
         )
 
         with nogil:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ cpdef read_parquet(
     bool convert_strings_to_categories = False,
     bool use_pandas_metadata = True,
     int64_t skip_rows = 0,
-    size_type num_rows = -1,
+    size_type nrows = -1,
     # Disabled, these aren't used by cudf-python
     # we should only add them back in if there's user demand
     # ReaderColumnSchema reader_column_schema = None,
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ cpdef read_parquet(
         the per-file user metadata of the ``TableWithMetadata``
     skip_rows : int64_t, default 0
         The number of rows to skip from the start of the file.
-    num_rows : size_type, default -1
+    nrows : size_type, default -1
         The number of rows to read. By default, read the entire file.
 
     Returns
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ cpdef read_parquet(
         convert_strings_to_categories,
         use_pandas_metadata,
         skip_rows,
-        num_rows,
+        nrows,
     )
 
     with nogil:
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py b/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
index 7dab2f20100..4a419a2fbb6 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ def read_parquet(
     open_file_options=None,
     bytes_per_thread=None,
     dataset_kwargs=None,
+    nrows=None,
+    skip_rows=None,
     *args,
     **kwargs,
 ):
@@ -685,6 +687,8 @@ def read_parquet(
             partition_keys=partition_keys,
             partition_categories=partition_categories,
             dataset_kwargs=dataset_kwargs,
+            nrows=nrows,
+            skip_rows=skip_rows,
             **kwargs,
         )
     # Apply filters row-wise (if any are defined), and return
@@ -813,6 +817,8 @@ def _parquet_to_frame(
     partition_keys=None,
     partition_categories=None,
     dataset_kwargs=None,
+    nrows=None,
+    skip_rows=None,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     # If this is not a partitioned read, only need
@@ -820,11 +826,18 @@ def _parquet_to_frame(
     if not partition_keys:
         return _read_parquet(
             paths_or_buffers,
+            nrows=nrows,
+            skip_rows=skip_rows,
             *args,
             row_groups=row_groups,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
+    if nrows is not None or skip_rows is not None:
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "nrows/skip_rows is not supported when reading a partitioned parquet dataset"
+        )
+
     partition_meta = None
     partitioning = (dataset_kwargs or {}).get("partitioning", None)
     if hasattr(partitioning, "schema"):
@@ -912,6 +925,8 @@ def _read_parquet(
     columns=None,
     row_groups=None,
     use_pandas_metadata=None,
+    nrows=None,
+    skip_rows=None,
     *args,
     **kwargs,
 ):
@@ -934,13 +949,21 @@ def _read_parquet(
                 columns=columns,
                 row_groups=row_groups,
                 use_pandas_metadata=use_pandas_metadata,
+                nrows=nrows if nrows is not None else -1,
+                skip_rows=skip_rows if skip_rows is not None else 0,
             )
         else:
+            if nrows is None:
+                nrows = -1
+            if skip_rows is None:
+                skip_rows = 0
             return libparquet.read_parquet(
                 filepaths_or_buffers,
                 columns=columns,
                 row_groups=row_groups,
                 use_pandas_metadata=use_pandas_metadata,
+                nrows=nrows,
+                skip_rows=skip_rows,
             )
     else:
         if (
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/pylibcudf_tests/io/test_parquet.py b/python/cudf/cudf/pylibcudf_tests/io/test_parquet.py
index 07d2ab3d69a..dbd20cd473e 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/pylibcudf_tests/io/test_parquet.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/pylibcudf_tests/io/test_parquet.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def test_read_parquet_basic(
 
     res = plc.io.parquet.read_parquet(
         plc.io.SourceInfo([source]),
-        num_rows=nrows,
+        nrows=nrows,
         skip_rows=skiprows,
         columns=columns,
     )
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
index 3806b901b10..879a2c50db7 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
@@ -1978,6 +1978,25 @@ def test_parquet_partitioned(tmpdir_factory, cols, filename):
                 assert fn == filename
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("kwargs", [{"nrows": 1}, {"skip_rows": 1}])
+def test_parquet_partitioned_notimplemented(tmpdir_factory, kwargs):
+    # Checks that write_to_dataset is wrapping to_parquet
+    # as expected
+    pdf_dir = str(tmpdir_factory.mktemp("pdf_dir"))
+    size = 100
+    pdf = pd.DataFrame(
+        {
+            "a": np.arange(0, stop=size, dtype="int64"),
+            "b": np.random.choice(list("abcd"), size=size),
+            "c": np.random.choice(np.arange(4), size=size),
+        }
+    )
+    pdf.to_parquet(pdf_dir, index=False, partition_cols=["b"])
+
+    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
+        cudf.read_parquet(pdf_dir, **kwargs)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("return_meta", [True, False])
 def test_parquet_writer_chunked_partitioned(tmpdir_factory, return_meta):
     pdf_dir = str(tmpdir_factory.mktemp("pdf_dir"))
@@ -3768,6 +3787,26 @@ def test_parquet_chunked_reader(
     assert_eq(expected, actual)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "nrows,skip_rows",
+    [
+        (0, 0),
+        (1000, 0),
+        (0, 1000),
+        (1000, 10000),
+    ],
+)
+def test_parquet_reader_nrows_skiprows(nrows, skip_rows):
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        {"a": [1, 2, 3, 4] * 100000, "b": ["av", "qw", "hi", "xyz"] * 100000}
+    )
+    expected = df[skip_rows : skip_rows + nrows]
+    buffer = BytesIO()
+    df.to_parquet(buffer)
+    got = cudf.read_parquet(buffer, nrows=nrows, skip_rows=skip_rows)
+    assert_eq(expected, got)
+
+
 def test_parquet_reader_pandas_compatibility():
     df = pd.DataFrame(
         {"a": [1, 2, 3, 4] * 10000, "b": ["av", "qw", "hi", "xyz"] * 10000}
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
index 80555750b3a..448a815fe1b 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
@@ -199,6 +199,16 @@
     in parallel (using a python thread pool). Default allocation is
     {bytes_per_thread} bytes.
     This parameter is functional only when `use_python_file_object=False`.
+skiprows : int, default None
+    If not None, the number of rows to skip from the start of the file.
+
+    .. note::
+       This option is not supported when the low-memory mode is on.
+nrows : int, default None
+    If not None, the total number of rows to read.
+
+    .. note:
+       This option is not supported when the low-memory mode is on.
 
 Returns
 -------
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
index 7f62dff4389..3754addeb11 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def evaluate(self, *, cache: MutableMapping[int, DataFrame]) -> DataFrame:
             tbl_w_meta = plc.io.parquet.read_parquet(
                 plc.io.SourceInfo(self.paths),
                 columns=with_columns,
-                num_rows=nrows,
+                nrows=nrows,
             )
             df = DataFrame.from_table(
                 tbl_w_meta.tbl,