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Sukhdeep

Gender
Boy
Say it
SOOKH-deep
Origin
Punjabi
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys

Sukhdeep is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “lamp of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Sukhdeep mean?

Punjabi: from sukh 'peace' + deep 'lamp'

“lamp of peace”

More on Wiktionary.

Is Sukhdeep a girl's or a boy's name?

Sukhdeep is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sukhdeep in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 333% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Sukhdeep, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Sukhdeep in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 6 in 19982025
Sukhdeep in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20243#5,198
20234#4,335
20224#4,195
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20163#5,015
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20103#4,865
20094#3,909
20080–
20070–
20061#5,377
20054#3,330
20040–
20033#3,593
20026#2,106
20015#2,326
20005#2,237
19996#1,941
19986#1,932
19973#2,979
19963#2,949

Nicknames for Sukhdeep

Names like Sukhdeep

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Punjabi names

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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, “Sukhdeep: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sukhdeep, updated 20 October 2026.