Entry № 9734 · Punjabi origin

Simran Simran — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SIM-ran /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Punjabi
Meaning
"Meditation, remembrance of God"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Punjabi)

A name that means "meditation, remembrance of god".

Simran (ਸਿਮਰਨ) is a Punjabi and Sanskrit word meaning "remembrance" or "meditation" — particularly remembrance of God through prayer. A Sikh spiritual practice.

Simran is widely used in Punjab and the Sikh diaspora. Simran was the heroine of the iconic 1995 Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.

Meditation. The Sikh spiritual remembrance.

The name in its native script.

ਸਿਮਰਨ
Transliteration
Simran
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɪm.rən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Simran stands.

Simran does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Simrans before her.

Real people
Simran Bagga
Indian actress.
born 1976
In fiction
Simran
Heroine of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
1995 Bollywood film

Names connected to Simran.

The number behind Simran.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Simran reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.