Harnek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAR-nek
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Harnek is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “God + virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Harnek mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name from Har 'God' and nek 'good, virtuous'
“God + virtuous”
Is Harnek a girl's or a boy's name?
Harnek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harnek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Harnek, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Harnek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Harnek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Harnek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harveer, Gurvansh, Gurtaj, Gurveer, Harshiv, Gursanjh, Navraj, Ravi, Aarvik, Gurman, Adhvik, Aadvik
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, “Harnek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harnek, updated 20 October 2026.