Unisex · Punjabi · Sikh
Lakhwinder
ਲਖਵਿੰਦਰSay it lukh-VIN-der
- Meaning today
- Ruler of a hundred thousand
- Original meaning
- "lakh, a hundred thousand, with -inder, from Indra, 'chief'" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- lukh-VIN-der
- Written
- ਲਖਵਿੰਦਰ
- Other spellings
- Lakhvinder
Lakhwinder
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Lakhwinder meaning
Lakhwinder (ਲਖਵਿੰਦਰ) is a Sikh unisex name of Punjabi origin, used for both girls and boys.
Lakh, a hundred thousand, with -inder, from Indra, 'chief'
Also used to mean: ruler of a hundred thousand
Lakhwinder (ਲਖਵਿੰਦਰ) joins lakh, a hundred thousand, with the ending -vinder found in many Punjabi names. The Mahan Kosh glosses ਲਖ as numerous or countless, and gives ਇੰਦ੍ਰ, the usual source of the ending, as a king and, as an adjective, supreme or best. Read that way, the name means chief among a hundred thousand, close to the "ruler of a hundred thousand" found on name lists. No dictionary explains the -v-, so the reading is likely rather than certain. It is used for men and women; the Sufi singer Lakhwinder Wadali is a well-known bearer.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਇੰਦ੍ਰ (searched as ਇੰਦਰ) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਲਖ (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਇੰਦ੍ਰ (srigranth.org) · Wikipedia, Lakhwinder Wadali
Famous namesakes
- Lakhwinder Wadali, Punjabi Sufi singer
How the name is built
- Lakh ਲਖ: numerous, countless (a lakh, a hundred thousand)
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 1 - Inder ਇੰਦ੍ਰ: king; the Lord of the world; Indra; as an adjective, supreme, best
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 8
Spellings
Lakhwinder · Lakhvinder