Punjabi and Sikh baby names
Handpicked for families who want names with roots: the beloved classics, what parents in the culture choose today, and the cool discoveries most US name sites never surface.
Amanjit victory of peace (aman + jit)
Amanjot light of peace (aman + jot)
Amanpreet love of peace (aman + preet)
Amanveer brave one of peace (aman + vir)
Amardeep eternal lamp, everlasting light (amar + deep)
Amarjit eternal, immortal victory (amar + jit)
Amrit nectar; immortality — in Hindu and Sikh tradition the drink of the gods, and the name of the sweetened holy water (Amrit Sanchar) used in Sikh initiation
Baljit victory through strength (bal + jit)
Balwinder strength joined with Indra's name (bal + inder)
Charanjit victory through the Guru's lotus feet, an image of devotion (charan + jit)
Dilpreet love of the heart (dil + preet)
Gagandeep lamp of the sky (gagan + deep)
Gurdeep lamp of the Guru (gur + deep)
Gurjit the Guru's victory (gur + jit)
Gurleen absorbed in the Guru (gur + leen)
Gurpal protected by the Guru (gur + pal)
Gurpreet love of the Guru (gur + preet)
Gurveer the Guru's warrior (gur + vir)
Hardeep God's lamp (har + deep)
Harjit God's victory (har + jit)
Harjot God's light (har + jot)
Harkirat praise of God; kirat also carries the Sikh sense of honest, dedicated labor (har + kirat)
Harleen absorbed and immersed in God (har + leen)
Harpal protected by God (har + pal)
Harpreet God's love (har + preet)
Inderjit victory of Indra, the Vedic king of the gods (inder + jit)
Iqbal glory, prosperity, good fortune (Arabic iqbal, via Persian into Punjabi usage); a long-common Punjabi name across faiths, predominantly male
Jagjit victory over the world (jag + jit)
Jasdeep lamp of praise and glory (jas + deep)
Jasleen absorbed in praise and glory (jas + leen)
Jaspal protector of praise and glory (jas + pal)
Jaspreet love of praise and glory (jas + preet)
Karamjit victory through grace (karam + jit)
Kaur traditionally translated 'princess' (from the Rajput title Kanwar); every Sikh woman takes it just as men take Singh, together replacing surnames that once signaled caste. Also popularly glossed 'lioness' to echo Singh, though that reading is symbolic rather than literal
Kulwant possessing family honor, of good lineage (kul + vant, 'possessing')
Kulwinder family lineage joined with Indra's name, evoking regal, martial heritage (kul + inder)
Manjit victory of the heart and mind (man + jit)
Manjot light of the heart and mind (man + jot)
Manpreet love of the heart and mind (man + preet)
Manveer warrior, brave one, of the heart (man + vir)
Navdeep new lamp (nav + deep)
Navjot new light (nav + jot)
Navpreet new love (nav + preet)
Paramjit supreme, highest victory (param + jit)
Prabhjot light of God (prabh + jot)
Prabhleen absorbed in God (prabh + leen)
Rajwinder king joined with Indra's name, regal and martial imagery (raj + inder)
Ranjit victorious in battle (ran + jit)
Ranveer warrior in battle (ran + vir)
Roopinder beauty, embodiment, joined with Indra's name (roop + inder)
Sachdeep lamp of truth (sach + deep)
Satnam true name (sat + naam) — the foundational Sikh description of God as Truth itself
Simran remembrance; meditative recollection of God's name (from Sanskrit smarana), central to the Sikh practice of naam simran
Singh lion; the shared identifier every initiated Sikh man takes after Guru Gobind Singh established the Khalsa in 1699, replacing caste-linked family surnames with a mark of equality
Sukhdeep lamp of peace (sukh + deep)
Sukhpreet peaceful love, love of peace (sukh + preet)
Sukhwinder peace joined with Indra's name (sukh + inder)
Taranjit victory of the savior (taran + jit)
Tejinder brilliance, radiance, joined with Indra's name (tej + inder)
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