Teghbir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TEG-beer
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Teghbir is a boys' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “brave with the sword”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Teghbir mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name, from tegh 'sword' + bir 'brave'
“brave with the sword”
Tegh, 'sword', recalls Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru.
Is Teghbir a girl's or a boy's name?
Teghbir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 8 boys in the UK.
How popular is Teghbir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Teghbir, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. 3 girls were also named Teghbir in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Teghbir of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Teghbir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Teghbir 8
- Tegbir 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Teghbir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Names like Teghbir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurveer, Shivansh, Krishiv, Gurvansh, Gursanjh, Gurtaj, Avyaan, Navraj, Aarav, Aveer
Other spellings of Teghbir
Tegbir
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen, Gurbani
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, “Teghbir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teghbir, updated 20 October 2026.