Boy, occasionally used for girls · Punjabi · Sikh · Hindu
Akashdeep
ਆਕਾਸ਼ਦੀਪSay it aa-KAASH-deep
- Meaning today
- Light of the sky
- Original meaning
- "ākāsh (sky) joined with dīp (lamp)" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- aa-KAASH-deep
- Written
- ਆਕਾਸ਼ਦੀਪ
- Other spellings
- Akashdip, Aakashdeep
Akashdeep
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Akashdeep meaning
Akashdeep (ਆਕਾਸ਼ਦੀਪ) is a Sikh and Hindu boy's name of Punjabi origin.
Ākāsh (sky) joined with dīp (lamp)
Also used to mean: light of the sky
Akashdeep (ਆਕਾਸ਼ਦੀਪ) joins ākāsh, the sky, with dīp, a lamp. The Mahan Kosh gives ākās as the sky or celestial sphere and, figuratively, the all-pervading Creator; the word appears in the Japji on Ang 2 of the Guru Granth Sahib. Dīp is a lamp, from a root meaning to shine (Ang 57). Name lists give "light of the sky", matching the parts. The name is used by Sikh and Hindu families alike, mostly for boys; the hockey player Akashdeep Singh, an Asian Games gold medallist in 2014, is a well-known bearer.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਆਕਾਸ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਆਕਾਸ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 2 (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਦੀਪ (srigranth.org) · Wikipedia, Akashdeep Singh
Famous namesakes
- Akashdeep Singh, India hockey player
How the name is built
- Akash ਆਕਾਸ਼ / ਆਕਾਸ: the sky, the celestial sphere; figuratively the all-pervading Creator
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 2 - Deep ਦੀਪ: lamp; from a root meaning 'to shine'
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 57
Spellings
Akashdeep · Akashdip · Aakashdeep