Punjabi Baby Names With Meanings

Punjabi names are shared by Sikh and Hindu families; many are unisex and carry meanings of courage, devotion and joy.

• Achetmeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “The friend or companion of the carefree person”

• Agochar

  Boy · Punjabi · “Incapable of being fully explored or understood”

• Akaldharam

  Boy · Punjabi · “Religion of eternal truth with capability in judging, analyzing and discriminating”

• Amrit

  Unisex · Punjabi · “Nectar of immortality — and specifically the sacred sweetened water used in the Sikh Amrit Sanchar baptism ceremony, through which a Sikh formally joins the Khalsa.”

• Baani

  Girl · Punjabi · “Sacred utterance — in Sikh tradition, Baani (Bani) refers specifically to the hymns and compositions of the Gurus recorded in the Guru Granth Sahib.”

• Baljeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who wins through strength — bal, 'power' or 'strength,' and jeet, 'victory.' A name that ties triumph directly to effort.”

• Bhavjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who swims across the dreadful world ocean”

• Bilaval

  Boy · Punjabi · “A God-like person with happy personality”

• Bindumat

  Boy · Punjabi · “Has Pearls; Knows the Truth; Wealthy; Wise”

• Brahamleen

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who is absorbed and extremely devoted in God”

• Brahmjog

  Boy · Punjabi · “Uniting with the Supreme One; uniting with God”

• Brahmlok

  Boy · Punjabi · “The devotee of God; one who believes in God and practices rituals”

• Brahmpreet

  Boy · Punjabi · “The love of God; the love of the Almighty”

• Brahmroop

  Boy · Punjabi · “A person who is God like, and is considered as the messenger of God”

• Chamkaur

  Boy · Punjabi · “Battle field where Guru Gobind Singh fought”

• Charanjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “Winning the service of Guru's Lotus Feet”

• Dayajeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Victory; the one who is compassionate and victorious”

• Deepshabhad

  Boy · Punjabi · “Holy word which spreads in every direction”

• Dhian

  Boy · Punjabi · “Contemplation, absorbed in contemplation”

• Ekam

  Boy · Punjabi · “The One — drawn from Ik Onkar, the opening phrase of the Guru Granth Sahib declaring there is one God, formless and present in everything.”

• Gatnirmal

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who got delivered by the spiritual powers.”

• Gatsangat

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who has a great company or companion”

• Gatshabad

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who is liberated through teacher's words”

• Giandhiaan

  Boy · Punjabi · “One that is absorbed in eternal knowledge”

• Guneet

  Unisex · Punjabi · “One who follows a principled, virtuous path — gun, 'virtue' or 'quality,' and a suffix implying someone who lives by it rather than just admires it.”

• Gurcharan

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who takes shelter in Guru's Lotus Feet”

• Gurjeevan

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who lives a life as ordianed by Guru”

• Gurshant

  Girl · Punjabi · “Attaining peace through the Word of the Guru”

• Gyanleen

  Girl · Punjabi · “One absorbed in divine light & knowledge”

• Harleen

  Girl · Punjabi · “Absorbed in God — har, one of Sikhism's names for the divine, and leen, 'immersed' or 'dissolved into.' A name about total devotion.”

• Inderjit

  Boy · Punjabi · “Victorious, literally 'conqueror of Indra' in its oldest epic usage — adopted in Punjabi tradition simply as a name for triumph and strength.”

• Inderveer

  Boy · Punjabi · “Inder means God, veer means Warrior. Inderveer means Warrior of God”

• Jagtar

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who ferries people across the world-ocean”

• Jangjeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who conquers the battlefield of the mind”

• Japjot

  Boy · Punjabi · “One awakening in the light of meditation”

• Jaspreet

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who loves to sing praises of the Lord”

• Jitender

  Boy · Punjabi · “Jeet and indra which means the one who has won Indra. The word Jitendra is actually originated from Jitendriya which means one who has conquered the senses”

• Kanwal

  Boy · Punjabi · “Detached & unsoiled like the lotus flower”

• Kuljit

  Boy · Punjabi · “The god like person of the family, Victory of house”

• Kulwant

  Boy · Punjabi · “The vessel of purity and righteousness of the spiritual family”

• Manipal

  Boy · Punjabi · “Is derived from mann and palla, anglicised to Manipal. Mann means mud and palla means lake”

• Manpreet

  Unisex · Punjabi · “One with a loving mind and heart — man, 'mind,' and preet, 'love.' A gentle name about an inner disposition rather than an outward trait.”

• Mohinder

  Boy · Punjabi · “Maha Highest Position and Indra Deva the King of Gods Indra is the Hindu God of Weather and War King of the Gods”

• Prabhkirat

  Girl · Punjabi · “Dedication to god through honest and hard work”

• Prathipaal

  Boy · Punjabi · “The nurturer, the one who looks after the world”

• Qudrat

  Unisex · Punjabi · “Nature, or the vast creative power behind it — a word that appears directly in the Guru Granth Sahib to describe God's own creative force at work in the universe.”

• Rajveer

  Boy · Punjabi · “Brave king — raj, 'king' or 'rule,' and veer, 'brave.' A name that pictures a child as royalty earned through courage.”

• Rasgun

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who delights in the elixir of virtues”

• Rasgur

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who attaines the elixir of enlightenment”

• Rasjeevan

  Girl · Punjabi · “One whose life is full of elixir of Naam”

• Ratanpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who is in love of the Diamond (Holy Word)”

• Satvir

  Boy · Punjabi · “Brave in truth — sat, 'truth,' and veer, 'brave,' a proud Punjabi and Sikh name.”

• Sikh

  Boy · Punjabi · “Disciple, student, seeker, perpetual learner”

• Simran

  Unisex · Punjabi · “Meditation, or the constant, quiet remembrance of God's name — a core Sikh spiritual practice known as naam simran.”

• Sukhcharan

  Boy · Punjabi · “Peace attained through Guru's Lotus Feet”

• Sukhpreet

  Boy · Punjabi · “A person who highly values inner peace and joy”

• Sukhwinder

  Boy · Punjabi · “Lord of happiness — sukh, 'peace and comfort,' joined with a form of Indra used honorifically for 'lord.' A name that wishes an easeful life.”

• Surath

  Boy · Punjabi · “A person whose consciousness is awakened”

• Tarlochen

  Boy · Punjabi · “A beautiful person who is the star of the eyes”

• Tekjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who takes support of the divine light”

• Teknam

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who takes support of the lord's name”

• Vikil

  Boy · Punjabi · “The Epitome of Power; Strength; Courage; Determination; Ultimate Masculinity”

• Aagyapal

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who maintains obedience”

• Aaradh

  Boy · Punjabi · “Deep rapturous love, adoration”

• Aas

  Boy · Punjabi · “The act of waiting or having hope”

• Aavai

  Boy · Punjabi · “Arrive, to come”

• Abahijeevan

  Boy · Punjabi · “Fearless life”

• Abhaidev

  Boy · Punjabi · “Free of fear.”

• Acharjeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “The victory of an inanimate object”

• Acharpreet

  Boy · Punjabi · “An inanimate love or affection”

• Achet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Unconscious,carefree person”

• Achetbir

  Boy · Punjabi · “A carefree brave person”

• Achint

  Boy · Punjabi · “Without worry”

• Adarshpal

  Boy · Punjabi · “Keeper of ideals”

• Adarshpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “Love of ideals”

• Adishvar

  Boy · Punjabi · “The foremost (God)”

• Agam

  Boy · Punjabi · “Extending far, profound, unimaginable”

• Agamdeep

  Girl · Punjabi · “Beyond limits.”

• Agamjit

  Boy · Punjabi · “God's triumph”

• Agamjot

  Boy · Punjabi · “God`s light.”

• Agampreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “The lover of God”

• Ajaath

  Boy · Punjabi · “Without caste”

• Ajai

  Boy · Punjabi · “Victory,Conqueror”

• Ajaib

  Boy · Punjabi · “Wondrous being.”

• Ajaipal

  Girl · Punjabi · “Protected or cared for by the lord”

• Ajaipreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “Victorious love”

• Ajinder

  Girl · Punjabi · “Victorious.”

• Ajooni

  Girl · Punjabi · “Infinite, not bound by birth or death”

• Akaal

  Girl · Punjabi · “Timeless, god, omnipotent”

• Akaar

  Boy · Punjabi · “Shape, to form, to materialize”

• Akaas

  Boy · Punjabi · “As vast as the sky”

• Akal

  Girl · Punjabi · “Timeless, eternal”

• Akalbir

  Girl · Punjabi · “God's immortal warrior”

• Akalchet

  Boy · Punjabi · “One remembering and always trusting God”

• Akalchetan

  Boy · Punjabi · “Aware of Eternal Love”

• Akaldeep

  Girl · Punjabi · “The eternal lamp, god's lamp”

• Akaldhian

  Boy · Punjabi · “One living and working with God”

• Akaljeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “Triumph of god”

• Akaljot

  Girl · Punjabi · “The eternal light; god's light”

• Akalkeerat

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who sings god's praises”

• Akalmeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Timeless and Eternal friend”

• Akalpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who loves the Timeless Being”

• Akalroop

  Girl · Punjabi · “Of eternal form, of eternal beauty”

• Akalsimar

  Girl · Punjabi · “One remembering the Eternal God”

• Akaltat

  Boy · Punjabi · “The Eternal Reality”

• Akashbir

  Boy · Punjabi · “Brave as the sky”

• Akashpreet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Love for Sky”

• Akhandpreet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Undivided love”

• Akharee

  Boy · Punjabi · “From God's word”

• Akhee

  Boy · Punjabi · “Of an eye (as in a blink of an eye)”

• Akhiljeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “All victorious”

• Akhilpal

  Boy · Punjabi · “All nurturing (god)”

• Akhilpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “All loving (god)”

• Akshdeep

  Girl · Punjabi · “The lamp of light in the sky”

• Aman

  Girl · Punjabi · “The one who is peaceful”

• Amandeep

  Girl · Punjabi · “The lamp of peace”

• Amandip

  Girl · Punjabi · “The lamp of peace”

• Amanjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who attains to peace”

• Amanjeevan

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who lives a peaceful life”

• Amanjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “Radiating the light of peace”

• Amanpal

  Girl · Punjabi · “The protector of peace”

• Amanpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who loves peace”

• Amanroop

  Girl · Punjabi · “The embodiment of peace”

• Amanveer

  Boy · Punjabi · “Strenght of peace”

• Amanvir

  Girl · Punjabi · “The one who fights for peace”

• Amardeep

  Girl · Punjabi · “The lamp of immortality”

• Amarjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “Forever victorious”

• Amarjit

  Girl · Punjabi · “Forever victorious”

• Amarjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “The Immortal Light”

• Amarleen

  Girl · Punjabi · “Forever absorbed in God”

• Amaroop

  Girl · Punjabi · “Forever beauty”

• Amarpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “The immortal Love of Lord”

• Amarprem

  Boy · Punjabi · “Immortal love”

• Amrinder

  Boy · Punjabi · “Blessed by god for immortality”

• Amritleen

  Girl · Punjabi · “One imbued in the Lord's Nectar”

• Amritpal

  Girl · Punjabi · “One protected by the Lord's Nectar”

• Amritvaani

  Girl · Punjabi · “Sweet voice, true saying”

• Anaad

  Boy · Punjabi · “Beginning less.”

• Anadjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who radiates the Lord's Light”

• Anandjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “The Light of Bliss”

• Anandleen

  Girl · Punjabi · “One absorbed in the Lord's Bliss”

• Anandroop

  Girl · Punjabi · “Of blissful form; radiating bliss”

• Anantarjot

  Boy · Punjabi · “God`s light.”

• Anantbir

  Boy · Punjabi · “Brave man, great fighter”

• Andeep

  Boy · Punjabi · “Modest lamp.”

• Aneel

  Boy · Punjabi · “Holy, immaculate being”

• Aneeshkour

  Girl · Punjabi · “Related with god”

• Anjeela

  Girl · Punjabi · “Homage.”

• Anoopbir

  Girl · Punjabi · “Beauteous and brave”

• Anoopjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “Radiating the Beautious Light”

• Antar

  Boy · Punjabi · “Within one, sustained within one”

• Antarjot

  Girl · Punjabi · “The Divine Light within”

• Antarpreet

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who loves the Light within”

• Anu

  Girl · Punjabi · “Follower, minute, an atom”

• Anup

  Boy · Punjabi · “Matchless beauty”

• Arjan

  Girl · Punjabi · “The archer, 2nd sikh guru”

• Armaani

  Girl · Punjabi · “Wish, desire”

• Armeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “Friend of an enemy”

• Arnalinder

  Girl · Punjabi · “Immaculate god”

• Arunjeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Victory over evil”

• Arvinder

  Boy · Punjabi · “Lord of horses, lord of wheels”

• Arvindera

  Boy · Punjabi · “Lord of horses, lord of wheels”

• Arvinderjeet

  Boy · Punjabi · “Lord of horses, lord of wheels”

• Arvinderjit

  Girl · Punjabi · “Lord of horses, lord of wheels”

• Ashar

  Boy · Punjabi · “Noble one of god”

• Asudh

  Girl · Punjabi · “Not pure, impure”

• Atam

  Boy · Punjabi · “Spirituality”

• Atamjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “God of spiritually”

• Atamjit

  Boy · Punjabi · “God of spiritually”

• Atinder

  Girl · Punjabi · “Greatest god”

• Atinderjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “God's triumph”

• Atol

  Girl · Punjabi · “Vast, limitless, incalculable”

• Attamjeet

  Girl · Punjabi · “God of spiritually”

• Attamjit

  Girl · Punjabi · “God of spiritually”

• Aupinder

  Girl · Punjabi · “Very idealistic nature”

• Avanesh

  Boy · Punjabi · “Lord of the earth”

• Avaninder

  Girl · Punjabi · “Lord of the earth”

• Avmanjeevan

  Boy · Punjabi · “One who lives a peaceful life”

• Bachan

  Boy · Punjabi · “Promise.”

• Bachint

  Girl · Punjabi · “Without worry”

• Baegana

  Girl · Punjabi · “Ignorant, not related”

• Baisakhi

  Girl · Punjabi · “Name of a very auspicious day in Punjab”

• Bakhat

  Boy · Punjabi · “Time, point of time”

• Bakhsheesh

  Boy · Punjabi · “The blessed one.”

• Baksheesh

  Girl · Punjabi · “Devine blessing”

• Bakshish

  Boy · Punjabi · “Devine blessing”

• Baksis

  Boy · Punjabi · “Devine blessing”

• Baksish

  Boy · Punjabi · “Devine blessing”

• Balaknath

  Boy · Punjabi · “Child master”

• Balavant

  Boy · Punjabi · “Lord hanuman.”

• Balbir

  Girl · Punjabi · “Mighty and brave”

• Baldeb

  Boy · Punjabi · “Another name of balram”

• Baldeep

  Girl · Punjabi · “Creative and idealistic”

• Baldev

  Girl · Punjabi · “The mighty god”

• Balhaar

  Boy · Punjabi · “Surrounded by strength”

• Baljinder

  Girl · Punjabi · “One who cares for others”

• Baljit

  Girl · Punjabi · “Mighty victorious”

• Balminder

  Boy · Punjabi · “A clever person; an honest being”

• Baltej

  Girl · Punjabi · “One with glorious might”

• Balveer

  Girl · Punjabi · “Powerful and brave”

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