What does the name Nanak mean?

Nanak means "Humble servant, spirit of the first Sikh Guru". It is a unisex name of Sikh origin.

Nanak

Nanak means Humble servant, spirit of the first Sikh Guru.

Gender	unisex
Origin	Sikh
Language	Punjabi
Starts with	N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Humble servant, spirit of the first Sikh Guru”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Ruhi — Soul, spirit
Yaksh — Supernatural being, nature spirit
Ruh — Soul, spirit, essence
Himat — Courage and bravery, daring spirit
Ahanu — He laughs, one with a joyful and merry spirit
Nimrat — Humble, without ego or pride

More unisex names of Sikh origin

Gurpreet — Love of the Guru
Hardeep — Lamp of God, God's light
Harsimran — Remembering God, in meditation of the Lord
Harjot — God's light, divine flame
Gurmeet — Friend of the Guru, Guru's companion
Satnam — True name, name of the true Lord

Where this comes from

Nanak 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.