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Udham
ਊਧਮSay it OO-dhum
Udham meaning
Udham (ਊਧਮ) is a Sikh boy's name of Punjabi origin.
Commotion, upheaval, uproar; disturbance
Also used to mean: effort
Udham (ਊਧਮ) is a Punjabi word that the Mahan Kosh defines as commotion, uproar and disturbance, a stirring up. The name is best known from Udham Singh, born Sher Singh in 1899, who was renamed Udham Singh when he took initiation at the Central Khalsa Orphanage in Amritsar; in 1940 he shot Michael O'Dwyer in London in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Some name lists explain Udham as uddam (ਉੱਦਮ), effort and enterprise, a different word that the Guru Granth Sahib praises (Ang 266). It is a boys' name.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਊਧਮ · See the entry
Also: Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 266 · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਊਧਮ (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਉੱਦਮ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 266 · Wikipedia, Udham Singh
Famous namesakes
- Udham Singh, Indian revolutionary