Simran is a Sikh name. Here is a site explaining the significance of the word in the Sikh religion:
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Simran
I would bet that Simran is especially popular with Sikh parents at the moment because it is now the name of a famous Bollywood actress:
http://www.onesmartclick.com/bollywood/simran.html
Finally, it's obvious when one looks at the name lists available from Canadian provinces that for some reason an especially high percentage of immigrants to Canada from
India must be Sikhs, as Sikh names are very prominent on those lists.
This message was edited 8/4/2007, 4:41 PM