Gurpreet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gur-PREET
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Gurpreet is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “love for the Guru”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Gurpreet mean?
Punjabi: from gur 'guru' + preet 'love'
“love for the Guru”
Like most Sikh names it is given to both boys and girls, distinguished by the surnames Singh and Kaur.
Is Gurpreet a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurpreet 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 Gurpreet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Gurpreet, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 20 boys.
2025 had more boys named Gurpreet than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Gurpreet in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2013, 70% of the babies named Gurpreet in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Gurpreet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Gurpreet in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Gurpreet in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gurpreet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Gurpreet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurveer Gurvansh Gurtaj Gurman Gursanjh Ravi Navraj Ajit Shivam Prithvi Pranav Aj
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, “Gurpreet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurpreet, updated 20 October 2026.