Hargun
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- HAR-goon
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,416 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Hargun is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “virtues of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Hargun mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name
“virtues of God”
Har, a Sikh name for God, begins many Sikh names, such as Harpreet and Harjit; gun means virtue or quality.
Is Hargun a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Hargun has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 13 girls in the US.
How popular is Hargun in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,416th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Hargun, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 girls. 3 boys were also named Hargun in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Hargun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88% of the babies named Hargun in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Hargun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
How popular is Hargun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Hargun, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Hargun in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hargun in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Hargun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurnaaz, Prisha, Saanvi, Avneet, Gursanjh, Anvi, Aarvi, Aavya, Aadhya, Gurbani, Gurnoor, Khivi
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen
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, “Hargun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hargun, updated 20 October 2026.