Hardeep
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- har-DEEP
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Hardeep is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “lamp of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Hardeep mean?
Punjabi: from har 'God' + deep 'lamp'
“lamp of God”
Is Hardeep a girl's or a boy's name?
Hardeep 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 Hardeep 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 Hardeep, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 boys.
2025 had more boys named Hardeep than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Hardeep in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2001, 21% of the babies named Hardeep in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hardeep 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 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
Names like Hardeep
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi Gurvansh Harveer Shivam Gursanjh Navraj Gurtaj Harshiv Gurveer Vikram Dhruvansh Gurman
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) 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, “Hardeep: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hardeep, updated 20 October 2026.