Given name
Gurpreet
“a devoted follower”
Gurpreet is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a devoted follower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a devoted follower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gurpreet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 484
- 312 boys · 172 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,999 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gurpreet’s family of names
Gurpreet has a related form in Gurprit. Gurpreet has a related form in Gurpreat. Gurpreet has a related form in Gurpreit.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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