Gurnoor
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- gur-NOOR
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Gurnoor is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “light of the Guru”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Gurnoor mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: gur + noor, from Arabic nur
“light of the Guru”
Combines gur, the Guru, with noor, light, a word borrowed from Arabic.
Is Gurnoor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Gurnoor has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 19 girls in the US.
How popular is Gurnoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Gurnoor, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 23 girls. 9 boys were also named Gurnoor in 2025 (2,511th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Gurnoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 47% of the babies named Gurnoor in the UK were girls. By 2025 it was 63%, with more girls than boys since 2021.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Gurnoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Gurnoor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Gurnoor, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Gurnoor than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Gurnoor in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 53% of the babies named Gurnoor in the US in 2010, and 77% in 2017.
Gurnoor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Gurnoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Gursanjh, Saanvi, Avneet, Gurmehar, Gurbani, Anvi, Japneet, Aarvi, Khivi, Aavya, Aashvi
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), 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, “Gurnoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurnoor, updated 20 October 2026.