Japnoor
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- jup-NOOR
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Japnoor is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “light of prayerful meditation”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Japnoor mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: jap 'recitation of God's name' + noor 'light'
“light of prayerful meditation”
Jap refers to reciting God's name, as in the Japji Sahib prayer, and noor means divine light.
Is Japnoor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Japnoor has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 4 boys in the UK.
How popular is Japnoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 350% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Japnoor, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 girls. 4 boys were also named Japnoor in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Japnoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 67% of the babies named Japnoor in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Japnoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
Names like Japnoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurnoor, Gurnaaz, Gursanjh, Prisha, Saanvi, Avneet, Avnoor, Gurmehar, Khivi, Aadhya, Anvi, Aarvi
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) 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, “Japnoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/japnoor, updated 20 October 2026.