Singh

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Gender Masculine
Usage Indian (Sikh)
Scripts ਸਿੰਘ(Gurmukhi)

Meaning & History

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) meaning "lion". In 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave all his male Sikh followers the surname Singh, and it is now a very common surname or a middle name. The female equivalent is Kaur.