Unisex · Punjabi · Sikh
Jagpreet
ਜਗਪ੍ਰੀਤSay it jug-PREET
- Meaning today
- Beloved of the world
- Original meaning
- "prīt, love, for or of the jag, world" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- jug-PREET
- Written
- ਜਗਪ੍ਰੀਤ
- Other spellings
- Jagprit
Jagpreet
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Jagpreet meaning
Jagpreet (ਜਗਪ੍ਰੀਤ) is a Sikh unisex name of Punjabi origin, used for both girls and boys.
Prīt, love, for or of the jag, world
Also used to mean: beloved of the world
Jagpreet (ਜਗਪ੍ਰੀਤ) joins jag, the world, with prīt, love. The Mahan Kosh gives jag as the world and its people, from Sanskrit jagat, and prīt as love and delight, the word behind names such as Gurpreet and Harpreet. Taken together the parts mean love of the world, or love for the world. Name lists usually turn it around and give "beloved of the world" or "dear to all", a reading the parts allow. It is a modern Punjabi name given to both boys and girls.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਜਗ (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 82
How the name is built
- Jag ਜਗ: the world, the universe; people (Sanskrit jagat)
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 6 - Preet ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ: love; also delight
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 82
Spellings
Jagpreet · Jagprit