Sehej
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SEH-hej
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Sehej is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “inner peace; poise”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Sehej mean?
Punjabi: from sahaj
“inner peace; poise”
Sahaj is the Sikh ideal of spiritual poise and tranquillity.
Is Sehej a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sehej has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK.
How popular is Sehej in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls. 3 boys were also named Sehej in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Sehej in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sehej in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
Names related to Sehej
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, “Sehej: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sehej, updated 20 October 2026.