Ransher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RUN-shair
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Ransher is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “lion of the battlefield”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Ransher mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name from ran 'battle' + sher 'lion'
“lion of the battlefield”
Sher, the Punjabi word for lion (from Persian), is a common element in Sikh names.
Is Ransher a girl's or a boy's name?
Ransher 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 Ransher 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 Ransher, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Ransher of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ransher in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
Names like Ransher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurveer, Harveer, Rajveer, Ranveer, Gurvansh, Gurtaj, Navraj, Gursanjh, Rishiv, Ravi, Gurbaaz, Gurman
More Punjabi names
Asees, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, 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, “Ransher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ransher, updated 20 October 2026.