Names of God in Sikhism

Names of God in Sikhism are names attributed to God in Sikhism by Sikh gurus.

List

Below is a list of some names used by Sikhs for God:

No.	Gurmukhi	Romanization [variant spellings]	Translation	Reference(s)
Names of Indic origin:
1.	ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ	Waheguru [Vaheguru]	Wonderful Enlightener	[1][2]
2.	ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ	Akal Purakh	The Timeless Being	[3]
3.	ੴ (ਇੱਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ)	Ik Onkar [Ek Onkar]	One Creator	[4][5]
4.	ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ	Nirankar	Formless	[6]
5.	ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ	Satnam	True Name	[7]
6.	ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ	Parmeshur [Parameshwara]	Supreme Lord	[8]
7.	ਪੁਰੁਸ਼/ਪੁਰਖ	Purusha/Purakh	Being	[9]
8.	ਹਰਿ	Hari	Seizer (of sin)	[10][11]
9.	ਮੋਹਨ	Mohan	Charming, Enchanting or Captivating	[10]
10.	ਜਗਦੀਸ਼	Jagdish	Lord of the World	[11]
11.	ਕ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਨ	Krishan [Krishna]	Black	[9]
12.	ਕਰਣਹਾਰ	Karanhar	Helmsman	[12]
13.	ਗੋਬਿੰਦ	Gobind [Govind]	Cow Herder	[9]
14.	ਅਲਖ	Alakh	Unperceivable	[12]
15.	ਅਗਮ	Agam	Unaccessible	[12]
16.	ਰਾਮ	Rama [Raam]	Dark	[10][11][9]
17.	ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ	Maharaja	Great King
18.	ਚੱਕਰ ਚੱਕਰਵਰਤੀ	Chakara Cakaravaratī	Universal Wheel Turning Emperor
19	ਠਾਕੁਰ	Thakur	Lord	[13]
20	ਨਾਰਾਇਣ	Narayana	Lord	[14][15]
21	ਜਗਦੀਸੁਰ	Jagadeeshwara	Lord of World	[16][17]
22	ਮਾਧਵ	Maadhav	Lord of Wealth	[18][19]
23	ਗੋਵਰਧਨ ਧਾਰੀ	Govardhan Dhaaree	Uplifter of mountains	[20]
24	ਮੁਰਲੀ ਮਨੋਹਰ	Murlee Manohar	Joyful Lord	[21]
25	ਬਾਸੁਦੇਵ	Vasudev	Lord	[22]
26	ਭਗਵਾਨੁ /ਭਗਵੰਤਾ	Bhagwaan/Bhagvanta	Lord	[23]
Names of Islamic and Persian origin:
1.	ਅਲਹੁ	Allah	The God	[10][11]
2.	ਰੱਬ	Rabb [Raab]	Lord	[10][11]
3.	ਖੁਦਾ	Khuda	Lord	[11]
4.	ਰਹੀਮ	Rahim [Raheem]	Merciful	[11]
5.	ਕਰੀਮ	Karim [Kareem]	Generous	[11][12]
6.	ਸਾਹਿਬ	Sahib	Companion	[11]
7.	ਖਡੂਰ	Kadur [Khadur]		[12]
8.	ਸੱਚਾ ਪਾਤਿਸ਼ਾਹ	Sache Patishah	True Master King
9.	ਸ਼ਹਿਨਸ਼ਾਹ	Shahenshah	King of kings

Meaning and usage

Allah (Arabic: الله) inscribed in Perso-Arabic script on the purported tegha sword of Guru Gobind Singh

The various names for God in Sikhism may stem from either the Indic traditions or the Islamic one.^[12] Others are unique to the Sikh tradition, such as Waheguru, Akal Purakh, and Sarabloh. Employment of these terms does not mean Sikhs accept the religious context they are understood in their original sources.^[12] For example, the meaning of the words Hari or Ram as used by Sikhs does not mean the same thing as these terms do in the Hindu (particularity Vaishnav) traditions.^[12] Usage of these names does not mean Sikhs conceptualize their concept of God in the form of the incarnated devas or devis from Indic mythology, but rather they are used to describe various aspects of God as per Sikh theology.^[12]

The Sikh gurus adopted the names for the divine from various faith systems as they saw these sectarian differences in linguistics as unimportant in-comparison to the actual message they were trying to spread.^[12] On page 64 of the Guru Granth Sahib, various Islamicate terms for God are also presented freely.^[12]

Your names are countless. I do not know their end, but I am sure that there is no one else like you.

— Guru Granth Sahib, page 877^[12]

See also

• Names of God in Hinduism
• Names of God in Islam
• Names of God in Christianity
• Names of God in Judaism
• Names of God in Zoroastrianism
• Naam Japo