Unisex · Punjabi · Sikh
Japjot
ਜਪਜੋਤSay it jup-JOTE
- Meaning today
- One awakening in the light of meditation
- Original meaning
- "jap, recitation of God's Name, joined with jot, divine light" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- jup-JOTE
- Written
- ਜਪਜੋਤ
Japjot
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Japjot meaning
Japjot (ਜਪਜੋਤ) is a Sikh unisex name of Punjabi origin, used for both girls and boys.
Jap, recitation of God's Name, joined with jot, divine light
Also used to mean: one awakening in the light of meditation
Japjot (ਜਪਜੋਤ) joins jap with jot. The Mahan Kosh defines jap as the repetition of a sacred word or of God's Name, spoken aloud, whispered or held silently in the mind; Guru Nanak's opening composition in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Japji, takes its name from it. Jot is light, and in Gurbani the divine light within every being. Sikh name lists give Japjot as one who awakens in the light of meditation. It is a modern name used for boys and girls, in the same family as Japji and Japneet.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਜਪ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਜਪ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 3 · Mahan Kosh, ਜੋਤਿ (srigranth.org)
How the name is built
- Jap ਜਪ: repetition of a sacred word or of God's Name, aloud, whispered or in the mind
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 3 - Jot ਜੋਤਿ: light; divine light; God; the soul's light
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 13