What does the name Nirbhau mean?

Nirbhau means "Fearless, without fear or dread". It is a unisex name of Sikh origin.

Nirbhau

Nirbhau means Fearless, without fear or dread.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	unisex
Origin	Sikh
Language	Punjabi
Starts with	N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Fearless, without fear or dread”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Abhay — fearless, undaunted, ŚBr. xiv
Abhasingh — Fearless lion, courageous warrior
Mardana — Of the brave, heroic and fearless
Bhairavi — Goddess Durga, fearless, morning raaga
Abhaykunwar — Fearless prince, courageous royal
Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon

More unisex names of Sikh origin

Hardeep — Lamp of God, God's light
Harsimran — Remembering God, in meditation of the Lord
Harjot — God's light, divine flame
Gurmeet — Friend of the Guru, Guru's companion
Satnam — True name, name of the true Lord
Gurjot — Light of the Guru, Guru's illumination

Where this comes from

Nirbhau has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.