Gurdit
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GUR-dit
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Gurdit is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “given by the Guru”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Gurdit mean?
Punjabi: from gur 'guru' + dit 'given'
“given by the Guru”
Baba Gurdit Singh chartered the Komagata Maru, whose passengers were turned away from Canada in 1914.
Is Gurdit a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurdit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gurdit in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Gurdit, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gurdit in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Gurdit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Gurdit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurvansh, Gurveer, Gurtaj, Gurbaaz, Gursanjh, Adhrit, Gurman, Divit, Ajit, Navraj, Aarav, Shivansh
More Punjabi names
Asees, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gurdit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurdit, updated 20 October 2026.