MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gurpreet mean?
Gurpreet combines gur, guru or spiritual teacher, with prīt, love, with the second member naming affection. Preet is the love noun also used in Manpreet.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गुरप्रीत
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Gurprit
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gurpreet in Indian usage
205,285 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: 67,811 records (33%).
- Recorded as male: 137,474 records (67%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 404 |
| 1950s | 884 |
| 1960s | 4,342 |
| 1970s | 22,220 |
| 1980s | 93,307 |
| 1990s | 84,021 |
| Other decades | 107 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 175,321 |
| Haryana | 14,098 |
| Rajasthan | 5,093 |
| Delhi | 3,384 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,241 |
| Chandigarh | 1,595 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,390 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 538 |
| Jharkhand | 339 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 177 |
| Other states | 109 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Gurpreet / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Gurpreet; Table_6, C5629 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Gurpreet; Table_6, C5629
- Wiktionary: ਗੁਰੂ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: ਪ੍ਰੀਤ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.