Sikh Baby Names Database

Getting Started

• Choose a letter

  By taking a Vaak online from the Hukamnama.

  • Today’s Hukam from the Harmandir Sahib.  What is Hukam*?
  • Audio Hukamnama from the Harminder Sahib | Cyber Hukam
  • You can open the Guru Granth Sahib to a random page and the first letter of the first word on the top of the left page is the letter designated for the child’s first name.  If the word is broken or is a continuation of the previous page then turn back the page and pick the letter on the top of the previous left page.  (Phew!).  Akhand Path precedes the Hukam Nama (you knew that!).

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Pick any alphabet below to start searching for the name that would be just right for your baby

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Name Elements

• Titles

  Mr = Sardar, Mrs = Sirdani, Miss = Bibi, Sister = Bibi, Biji, Didi, Mother = Mata, Brother = veerji/Bhaji

• Prefix & Suffix

  Most elements can occur as a suffix or prefix but some are more likely to be one than the other. For instance, -pal, -want and -jit/-jeet, -preet, -inder, -deep etc. are far more common as suffixes.

  (*hint: you don’t always need a common prefix or a suffix.)

• Last Names

  Sikh girls are given the last name Kaur (meaning prince) and Sikh boys are given the last name Singh.  Note: ome families and individuals choose to use a “family” or a “sur” name that is different from the aforementioned and it that case, they adopt Kaur or Singh as middle names.

• First Names

  Most Sikh first names are gender-neutral.  For example, Harpreet could be a male or female’s first name.  What identifies Harpreet Kaur as a female is the word Kaur following the first name.

Sikh Names, their Meanings and Significance

Most but not all names are derived from the cheap generic cialis Guru Granth Sahib and in most cases describe God’s attributes and not ours.  (ie. immortal, infinite beauty, most intelligent, unfathomable, unapproachable, victorious, pure, ageless etc.)

In 1699, Sikh Women were given the last name ‘Kaur’ and and Men ‘Singh’ by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru. This initiate intended to end the caste system, social stratification and much of the apparatus of Hindu ritual and legalism.  In Indian society, an individual’s name reveals his or her caste, and Sikhs were freed from the caste system by having all men incorporate Singh in their names and all women, Kaur. (Reference).

Meaning may change depending on the context of use.  Some names listed here may not be directly or pure derivatives from Gurbani, but rather a combination of words derived from Gurbani.  The meaning is supposed unless referenced to the Gurbani.  If no reference is indicted, then our best estimate is listed as the meaning.  As you guessed by now, there may be several possible meanings of each name.  Pronunciation can change the meaning.

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*Hukamnama in the Sikh context this is considered the Guru’s words of wisdom for the day. Sri Guru Granth Sahib is opened randomly to any page and the shabad on that page becomes the day’s Hukam (command). This practice dates back to the time when Sri Guru Granth Sahib was first installed in the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in 1604.

Taking Hukamnama (Command)

1. Doing obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib, taking a glimpse of the congregation, an embodiment of the Guru’s person, and taking the command : these constitute the view of the Sat guru (Immortal destroyer of darkness, the true guru). Raising the drapery covering Guru Granth Sahib and merely taking a look or making others take a look at the exposed page, without taking command (reading the prescribed hymn) is contrary to Gurmat (Guru’s way).
2. In the course of the congregational sessions, only one thing should be done at a time : performing of kirtan,  Delivering discourse, interpretative elaboration of the scriptures, or reading of the scriptures.
3. Only a Sikh, man or woman, is entitled to be in attendance of the Guru Granth Sahib during the congregational session.
4. Only a Sikh may read out from the Guru Granth Sahib for others. However, even a non-Sikh may read from it for himself/herself.
5. For taking the command (Hukam), the Shabad that is continuing on the top of the left hand page must be from the beginning. If the Shabad begins on the previous page, turn over the page and read the whole hymn from the beginning to the end. If the scriptural composition that is continuing on the top of the left hand page is a var (ode) then start from the first of the Slokas preceding the pauri and read up to the end of the pauri. Conclude the reading at the end of the Shabad with the line in which the name ‘Nanak’ occurs.
6. Hukam must also be taken at the conclusion of the congregational session or after the Ardas. Reference