Simran

Where Simran comes from

Derived from Punjabi ਸਿਮਰਨ (simran). Doublet of simran.
— Wiktionary's entry for Simran
  • Punjabi
Along the way
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #9,237 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2001
    Peak, #1,250
    158 babies named Simran — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,866.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Punjabi.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.