name
Indian
Harpreet
HAR-preet
ˈhɑːrpriːtListen
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Syllable breakdown
Harpreet
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Punjabi (India/Pakistan)
- Meaning
- a popular Punjabi Sikh unisex name meaning love of God or one who loves the Lord — Har being one of the names of God in Sikhism, from the Sanskrit Hari meaning the divine, and preet meaning love or affection; the -preet suffix is among the most productive and beloved in Sikh Punjabi naming, appearing in dozens of names that express devotion to the divine — Harpreet, Gurpreet, Manpreet, Navpreet — creating a vocabulary of theocentric love that is central to the Sikh naming tradition; in Sikhism the naming ceremony — Naam Karan — takes place at the Gurdwara shortly after birth, where the Granthi opens the Guru Granth Sahib at random and the child is given a name beginning with the first letter of the revealed hymn
- Gender
- unisex
- Also spelled
- Harpreet
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