What does the name Simran mean?

Simran means "Meditation, remembrance of God". It is a girl's name of Sikh origin.

Simran

Simran means Meditation, remembrance of God.

Gender	girl
Origin	Sikh
Language	Punjabi
Starts with	S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meditation, remembrance of God”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Smriti — Memory, remembrance, sacred texts
Simranjit — Victorious in meditation, one who wins through remembrance
Smruti — Memory, remembrance
Yaad — Memory, remembrance and recollection
Yadwinder — God of remembrance, lord of memory
Zikr — Remembrance of God, divine meditation

More girls' names of Sikh origin

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
Gurkiran — Guru's ray, beam of the teacher

Where this comes from

Simran 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.