Gurshabad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gur-SHUB-ad
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Gurshabad is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “the Guru's word”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Gurshabad mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, from Gur 'Guru' + shabad 'word, hymn'
“the Guru's word”
In Sikhism a shabad is a hymn of the Guru Granth Sahib, revered as the Guru's word.
Is Gurshabad a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurshabad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gurshabad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Gurshabad, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gurshabad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Gurshabad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
Names like Gurshabad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurbaaz, Gurniwaz, Gurvansh, Aviraj, Gurfateh, Gurtaj, Gurnawab, Shivansh, Gurveer, Krishiv, Gurman, Avyaan
More Punjabi names
Asees, Nirvair, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurnaaz, Gursanjh, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen, Gurbani, Harnoor
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, “Gurshabad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurshabad, updated 20 October 2026.