Boy · Punjabi · Sikh
Khushwant
ਖੁਸ਼ਵੰਤSay it KHUSH-vunt
- Meaning today
- A life filled with happiness
- Original meaning
- "khush, happiness, with -vant, possessing: one who is happy" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- KHUSH-vunt
- Written
- ਖੁਸ਼ਵੰਤ
- Other spellings
- Khushvant
Khushwant
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Khushwant meaning
Khushwant (ਖੁਸ਼ਵੰਤ) is a Sikh boy's name of Punjabi origin.
Khush, happiness, with -vant, possessing: one who is happy
Also used to mean: a life filled with happiness
Khushwant (ਖੁਸ਼ਵੰਤ) joins khush, happy, with -vant, an ending that the Mahan Kosh explains as having or possessing, as in ਗੁਣਵੰਤੀ, a woman possessed of virtues, on Ang 17 of the Guru Granth Sahib. The name therefore means one who has happiness, and name lists give it as a life filled with happiness. Its best-known bearer, the writer and journalist Khushwant Singh, was born Khushal Singh and took the name himself, reportedly to rhyme with his elder brother Bhagwant's. It is a boys' name.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਖੁਸ (Persian خوش) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਖੁਸ (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਵੰਤਾ, ਵੰਤੁ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 17 · Wikipedia, Khushwant Singh
Famous namesakes
- Khushwant Singh, writer and journalist
How the name is built
- Khush ਖੁਸ਼: pleased, happy, joyful; good, fine (Persian khush)
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 15 - Want ਵੰਤ: having, possessing; used at the end of compounds
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 17
Spellings
Khushwant · Khushvant