Japleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JUP-leen
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Japleen is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “absorbed in prayer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Japleen mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: jap 'recitation of God's name' + leen 'absorbed'
“absorbed in prayer”
Is Japleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Japleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Japleen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Japleen, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Japleen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Japleen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
Names like Japleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Japneet Arya Avleen River Gurnaaz Prabhleen Prisha Raya Aadhya Saanvi Gursanjh Anaya
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz 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, “Japleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/japleen, updated 20 October 2026.