MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gurabir mean?
The Punjabi elements gur and bir place the idea of a hero in service of the Guru. Bir is the regional form of Sanskrit vira, carrying the established sense of courage or heroic stature.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਗੁਰਬੀਰ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गुरबीर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gurabir in Indian usage
3,439 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 783 records (22.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,656 records (77.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 214 |
| 1970s | 425 |
| 1980s | 1,360 |
| 1990s | 1,265 |
| Other decades | 175 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 3,213 |
| Haryana | 113 |
| Other states | 113 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: ਗੁਰੂ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, vīra, p. 1005,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.