Sher
Sher means Lion, brave and powerful as a lion.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Punjabi |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Starts with | S |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Lion, brave and powerful as a lion”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Kabir — Meanings families give: Great, powerful; Great, powerful and the all-mighty divine; Great, the Almighty
- Tejas — Meanings families give: Brilliance, radiance; Radiance, brilliance and luminous energy; Sharp, bright, powerful; Brilliance, energy, sharp; Radiance, sharpness, brilliance; Brilliance, radiance, light
- Anvika — Powerful, complete
- Virat — Meanings families give: Vast, powerful; Enormous, vast, great
- Balabhadra — strong, powerful
- Samarth — Meanings families give: Capable, powerful and fully competent in all things; Capable, powerful, able
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Where this comes from
Sher 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.