Gurvir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gur-VEER
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Gurvir is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “the Guru's brave warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Gurvir mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, Gur + vir
“the Guru's brave warrior”
Joins Gur, 'the Guru', with vir, 'brave, warrior'.
Is Gurvir a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurvir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gurvir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Gurvir, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gurvir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Gurvir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Gurveer 10
- Gurvir 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Gurvir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
Names like Gurvir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurtaj, Gurbaaz, Gursanjh, Gurman, Harveer, Navraj, Krishiv, Aarav, Shivansh, Nirvair, Ravi, Aveer
Other spellings of Gurvir
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen, Gurbani
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, “Gurvir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurvir, updated 20 October 2026.