punjabi names

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Baljeet

From Punjabi ਬਲਜੀਤ (baljīt) or Hindi बलजीत (baljīt), a compound of बल (bal, “strength, power, might”) + जीत (jīt, “victory”), from Sanskrit बल॑ (bála) and जित (jitá).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends T

Mandīp

Borrowed from Punjabi ਮਨਦੀਪ /مندیپ (mandīp) or equivalently from मन (man, “mind”) + दीप (dīp, “light”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends P

Simraṇ

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿਮਰਨ (simran), borrowed from Sanskrit स्मरण (smaraṇa). Doublet of स्मरण (smaraṇ).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ṇ