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Names.

Separate documented use, lexical roots and personal meaning. Uncertainty stays visible.

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Gagan: a sky word and a name in Punjabi film records

Punjabi dictionaries give Gagan a documented lexical field around sky and space. Film catalogues independently record Gagan Kokri in Punjabi-language cinema.

Punjabi lexical sources and film distribution records
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Gurleen: writers, teaching and documented public use

Gurleen appears in a writer’s own introduction, a Ludhiana teaching record and an American university’s literary scholarship profile.

Ludhiana; self-described Punjabi-Sikh community work; United States universities
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Gurmeet: publishing, performance and a recorded variant

Gurmeet Kaur’s children’s publishing and Gurmeet Bawa’s performance records show distinct public uses. One cultural directory explicitly links Gurmeet Bawa with Gurmit Bawa.

Punjab; Amritsar; diaspora children’s publishing
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Hardeep: a research byline and an exhibition credit

Hardeep Sahota appears as a thesis author, Bhangra researcher and named exhibition collaborator. His interview offers a bearer’s own account of that work.

Huddersfield and Yorkshire; Panjabi diasporic arts research
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Harinder: a Punjabi author’s credits and book editions

Publisher, award and remembrance records preserve Harinder Singh Mehboob’s name. They connect English and Gurmukhi author credits with distinct dates and editions.

Punjabi literature; Patiala, Garhdiwala and Sangrur
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Harjit: full names, initials and a Punjab account

Canadian parliamentary and speech records document Harjit S. Sajjan, Harjit Singh Sajjan and shorter Harjit. Published speech notes provide his own account of Punjab ties.

Bombeli, Hoshiarpur; Vancouver and Canadian institutions
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Harleen: documented usage, with etymology left open

Cricket’s institutional records document Harleen Deol across a dated tournament guide and a player profile. They support the spelling and Punjab connection, while leaving the name’s derivation unresolved.

Punjab, Chandigarh and wider professional records
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Harman: a public name and a contextual short form

Harman Singh uses his full name in a first-person organisational note. A cricket club separately uses Harman as a shorter address for Harmanpreet Kaur.

Sikh community advocacy in the United States; Indian cricket
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Harpreet: a performer’s name and a fuller programme credit

A musician presents his work as Harpreet. A festival press pack uses Harpreet Singh and Harpreet, while an interview connects the performer with settings of Punjabi poetry.

Punjabi poetry in multilingual performance; Mumbai and Delhi arts programmes

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