Kaur
Meaning
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
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kaur has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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