Punjabi Baby Names with Meanings
Punjabi names for boys and girls with meanings — Sikh names built from Gur, Har, Preet and Jot, plus the Hindi and Sanskrit names Punjabi Hindu families use.
Punjabi names are famously unisex and famously spiritual. Most are compounds of a few loaded syllables — Gur (the Guru), Har (God), Preet (love), Jot (light), Deep (lamp), Man (heart), Simran (remembrance), Inder (the god Indra) — so Gurpreet, Harjot, Mandeep, Jaspreet and Simranjit read like small prayers. Singh and Kaur follow as second names for Sikh boys and girls.
For Sikh families the first letter is set by the Guru Granth Sahib at the naam karan ceremony; for Punjabi Hindu families it is often set by the birth star. Either way, parents search by letter, so this page is also linked from every letter page. Newer favourites keep the roots but shorten them — Ekam, Noor, Mehar, Seerat, Sehaj, Kirat.
Below are the Punjabi names in our catalogue, most common first, with Sikh names marked in the tradition sections.
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Popular punjabi names 2
Boy names 22
- Kabir — great, the poet-saint
- Karan — clever, skilful
- Tanveer — enlightened, strong
- Yuvraj — crown prince
- Ranjit — victorious in battle
- Arjan — the fifth Sikh guru
- Jeevan — life
- Angad — the second Sikh guru, ornament
- Fateh — victory
- Gobind — lord of the world, the tenth guru
- Jashan — celebration
- Jasvir — glorious hero
- Lakhwinder — lord of a hundred thousand
- Manveer — brave-hearted
- Nirvair — without enmity
- Rajinder — lord of kings
- Sahib — lord, master
- Sartaj — crown, chief
- Tegh — sword, the ninth guru
- Veerpal — protector of the brave
- Zorawar — brave, mighty
- Happy — joyful
Girl names 10
Hindu punjabi names 30
- Kabir — great, the poet-saint
- Karan — clever, skilful
- Yuvraj — crown prince
- Amrit — nectar, immortal
- Simran — remembrance, meditation
- Ranjit — victorious in battle
- Arjan — the fifth Sikh guru
- Gurdeep — lamp of the guru
- Gurpreet — love of the guru
- Harjot — light of god
- Harman — beloved of god
- Harpreet — love of god
- Jasleen — absorbed in singing praises
- Jaspreet — love of glory
- Manpreet — love of the mind
- Navjot — new light
- Prabhjot — light of god
- Jeevan — life
- Amandeep — lamp of peace
- Amanjot — light of peace
- Angad — the second Sikh guru, ornament
- Baani — the divine word
- Balwinder — god of strength
- Charanjit — one who has won the feet of god
- Daljit — conqueror of armies
- Ekam — the one god
- Fateh — victory
- Gagandeep — lamp of the sky
- Gobind — lord of the world, the tenth guru
- Gunit — virtuous
Sikh punjabi names 30
- Kabir — great, the poet-saint
- Karan — clever, skilful
- Tanveer — enlightened, strong
- Yuvraj — crown prince
- Noor — light
- Amrit — nectar, immortal
- Simran — remembrance, meditation
- Ranjit — victorious in battle
- Arjan — the fifth Sikh guru
- Gurdeep — lamp of the guru
- Gurpreet — love of the guru
- Harjot — light of god
- Harman — beloved of god
- Harpreet — love of god
- Jasleen — absorbed in singing praises
- Jaspreet — love of glory
- Manpreet — love of the mind
- Navjot — new light
- Prabhjot — light of god
- Jeevan — life
- Amandeep — lamp of peace
- Amanjot — light of peace
- Angad — the second Sikh guru, ornament
- Baani — the divine word
- Balwinder — god of strength
- Charanjit — one who has won the feet of god
- Daljit — conqueror of armies
- Ekam — the one god
- Fateh — victory
- Gagandeep — lamp of the sky
Modern picks 6
Classic picks 24
- Tanveer — enlightened, strong
- Yuvraj — crown prince
- Noor — light
- Amrit — nectar, immortal
- Simran — remembrance, meditation
- Jaspreet — love of glory
- Manpreet — love of the mind
- Navjot — new light
- Jeevan — life
- Amandeep — lamp of peace
- Amanjot — light of peace
- Jasmeet — friend of glory
- Kiranjit — victory of light
- Kirat — honest work
- Kuldeep — lamp of the family
- Mandeep — lamp of the mind
- Manjit — conqueror of the mind
- Navneet — ever new
- Pavitar — pure
- Ramneek — beautiful
- Ravneet — the way of the sun
- Roop — beauty, form
- Rupinder — lord of beauty
- Sukhdeep — lamp of peace
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Meanings and origins are compiled from common references and are approximate. Many names carry several meanings across traditions — please confirm with family or a native speaker before deciding. Updated 2026-09-20.