Gurneet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gur-NEET
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Gurneet is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “following the Guru's way”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Gurneet mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, from Gur 'Guru' + neet 'conduct, way'
“following the Guru's way”
Is Gurneet a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurneet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gurneet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Gurneet, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Gurneet than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Gurneet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Gurneet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Gurneet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avneet Japneet Gursanjh Prisha Saanvi Gursifat Gurbani Anvi Gurmehar Manreet Khivi Dhriti
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Gurnaaz Avleen Anhad
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, “Gurneet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurneet, updated 20 October 2026.