Choosing a Sikh Name
The Sikh baby names listed here have spiritual meanings. Some are taken from the scripture of Guru Granth Sahib and others from the Punjabi language. English spelling of Sikh names are phonetic as they come from the Gurmukhi script. Different spellings may sound the same.
First names may be composed from one or more words, and are interchangeable for both boys and girls. All girl's names end with Kaur (princess) and all boy's names end with Singh (lion).
The method for deciding upon a Sikh baby name, or spiritual name, is to select a hukam, a random verse, from Guru Granth Sahib. The first Gurmukhi letter of the vak, or verse, determines the first letter of the name to be chosen. If parents wish, the hukam from Harmandir Sahib, the golden temple, which is read on the day of a baby’s birth may be consulted instead.
Sikh Names Beginning With K
Kaaraj - Affairs, marriage
Kabir - Poet philosopher
Kalyan - Salvation
Kamaal - Perfection
Kamaalit - Complete perfection
Kamal - Madness - Blue flower used medicinally
Kamaldeep - Illumination, mental clarity
Kamaljeet - Mentally victorious, taken medicine
Kamalla - Foolish, demented, crazy (for Naam)
Kamalpreet - Lover of medicine flower
Kamaljit - Mentally victorious taken medicine
Kamalpati - Lotus like Lord master, mastering madness
Kanwal, Kanval - Heart lotus
Kanwaldeep - Lamp of the heart
Kanwar - Prince
Kanwarpreet - Lover of princely one
Kar - Action, deed
Karam - Fortune, destiny
Karamat - Miracle
Karamjit - Victorious destiny
Karamveer (vir) - Destined to be heroic
Karan - Principal, an account
Kari - Remedy
Karim - Merciful
Karman - Doer of deeds
Karmi - Fortunate
Kasam - Oath
Kaul - Water lily, promise, covenant
Kaur - Prince (princess)
Kaval - Singer
Kavalnan - Singer of (Gods) name
Kavalnain - Lotus eyes
Kawai, Kavai, Kavia, - Lotus
Kawal - Singer, Lotus
Kawaljeet - Singer of victory
Khalsa - Amritdhari, initiated Sikh - Pure one
Khushwant - Prosperity
Khushvant - Happiness
Kiran - Ray of light
Kirandeep - Ray of lamplight
Kiranjot - Ray of light
Kirat - Honest earning/work/life
Kirtan - Singing praise
Kishan, Krishan, Krishna - Deity Krishna - Black or dark blue
Krishnapati - Masterful deity Krishna
Kudrat - Nature
Kul - family, total, entire
Kulbir - Total hero, family hero
Kuldeep, Kuldip - Entire Region (of the family)
Kuldev - family of God
Kuljot - Light of the Family
Kulpreet - Love of the Family - Complete Love (of God)
Kultej - Grandeur of the entire family
Kulvanth - Of a good family, a credit to the entire family
Kulvinder - Of the family of the God of heaven
Kulwant - Of a good family, a credit to the entire family
Kulwinder - Of the family of the God of heaven
Kunwaar - Prince
Kurban*, Kurbani* - Sacrifice
Kushal - Peace and prosperity
Kushwant - Happiness
* K is interchangable with Q in some cases although Q is seldom used as a symbol for a Gurmukhi letter, however Q cannot be substituted for Kh as the Gurmukhi letters they represent are not equivalents.
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