Unisex · Punjabi (from Sanskrit) · Sikh
Tarandeep
ਤਰਨਦੀਪSay it TUH-run-deep
- Meaning today
- Lamp of salvation
- Original meaning
- "taran (crossing over, deliverance) joined with dīp (lamp): lamp of deliverance" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- TUH-run-deep
- Written
- ਤਰਨਦੀਪ
- Other spellings
- Tarandip
Tarandeep
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Tarandeep meaning
Tarandeep (ਤਰਨਦੀਪ) is a Sikh unisex name of Punjabi origin (from Sanskrit), used for both girls and boys.
Taran (crossing over, deliverance) joined with dīp (lamp): lamp of deliverance
Also used to mean: lamp of salvation
Tarandeep (ਤਰਨਦੀਪ) combines taran with dīp. Taran is crossing over a river, and a boat; because Gurbani pictures life as an ocean to be crossed, the Mahan Kosh also gives it the sense of deliverance or salvation (Ang 196). Dīp is a lamp, from a root meaning to shine. The name reads "lamp of salvation" or "the light that guides one across", and name lists give the first of these. Tarandeep is used for boys and girls in Sikh families.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਤਰਣ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਤਰਣ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 196 · Mahan Kosh, ਦੀਪ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 57
How the name is built
- Taran ਤਰਣ: crossing over (a river); a boat; deliverance, salvation
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 196 - Deep ਦੀਪ: lamp; from a root meaning 'to shine'
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 57
Spellings
Tarandeep · Tarandip