Gurnaaz
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gur-NAHZ
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #884 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Gurnaaz is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “pride of the Guru”. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Gurnaaz mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: gur + naaz, from Persian
“pride of the Guru”
Combines gur, the Guru, with naaz, a Persian-derived word for pride or grace.
Is Gurnaaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurnaaz is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gurnaaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 884th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 694% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Gurnaaz, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gurnaaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 834th in England and Wales.
Gurnaaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #884 |
| 2024 | 46 | #856 |
| 2023 | 38 | #988 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
How popular is Gurnaaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 217% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Gurnaaz, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Gurnaaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gurnaaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
Names like Gurnaaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gursanjh, Prisha, Gurbani, Saanvi, Avneet, Aarvi, Anvika, Anvi, Aavya, Gurmehar, Gursifat, Aadhya
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gurnaaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurnaaz, updated 20 October 2026.