Ravinder
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Origin
- Punjabi
Ravinder is a name of Punjabi origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ravinder mean?
Punjabi
A unisex given name from Punjabi, of Sikh usage, variant of Ravindra.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ravinder a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ravinder has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Ravinder in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ravinder in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2001, 29% of the babies named Ravinder in the UK were girls.
Ravinder in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Gurnaaz Gursanjh Avleen
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, “Ravinder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ravinder, updated 20 October 2026.