Harneet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- har-NEET
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Harneet is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “God's way”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Harneet mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: Har 'God' + neet 'way, conduct'
“God's way”
Is Harneet a girl's or a boy's name?
Harneet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harneet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Harneet, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harneet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Harneet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Harneet in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Harneet in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harneet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
Names like Harneet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avneet Japneet Gursanjh Prisha Saanvi Harvi Khivi Amrit Gurnaaz Gurnoor Manreet Anvi
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, “Harneet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harneet, updated 20 October 2026.