Gurkiran

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Guru's ray, beam of the teacher”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Kiran — Ray of light, beam of sunshine
• Harkiran — God's ray of light, divine beam
• Kirandeep — Lamp of rays, light beam personified
• Gurudev — Divine Guru, teacher who is a god
• Satgur — True Guru, the genuine teacher
• Gurjas — Fame of the Guru, glory of the teacher

More girls' names of Sikh origin

• Simran — Meditation, remembrance of God
• Jasleen — Absorbed in God's praises, immersed in glory
• Harleen — Absorbed in God, merged with the Lord
• Gurleen — Absorbed in the Guru, immersed in Guru's teachings
• Nimrat — Humble, without ego or pride
• Harmanpreet — Love through God's temple, devoted in the heart

Where this comes from

Gurkiran has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.