Gurniwaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gur-ni-WAHZ
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #842 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Gurniwaz is a boys' name of Punjabi origin. In 2025 it ranked 842nd for boys in the UK (42 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Gurniwaz mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: gur + niwaz, from Persian
Combines gur, the Guru, with niwaz, a Persian-derived word for one who cherishes or shows favour.
Is Gurniwaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurniwaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 42 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Gurniwaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 842nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were named Gurniwaz, making it the 842nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. 3 girls were also named Gurniwaz in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Gurniwaz of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Half of all the boys named Gurniwaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 46 boys in the UK were given Gurniwaz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #715, up from #842 for this spelling alone.
- Gurniwaz 42
- Gurniwaaz 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 782nd in England and Wales.
Gurniwaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #842 |
| 2024 | 34 | #984 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
How popular is Gurniwaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Gurniwaz, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2020.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Gurniwaz of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Gurniwaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
Names like Gurniwaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurbaaz, Aviraj, Shivansh, Krishiv, Gurfateh, Gurtaj, Gurvansh, Avyaan, Gursanjh, Nirvair, Gurman, Avi
Other spellings of Gurniwaz
More Punjabi names
Asees, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurnaaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen, Gurbani, Harnoor, Harnaaz
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, “Gurniwaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurniwaz, updated 20 October 2026.