Sikh names
Personal names
Personal names
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Sikhs use a set of several hundred given names, all or nearly all meaningful, usually with a religious or moral theme. For example, Ujjal means "bright, clean, holy". The process of choosing a Sikh's first name, known as the [Naam Karan](/wiki/Naam_Karan "Naam Karan"), occurs following the first few days of their birth, in a ceremony called the *[Hukamnama](/wiki/Hukamnama "Hukamnama")* (referring to a hymn from the [Guru Granth Sahib](/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib "Guru Granth Sahib") as the will from God); a family often selects a name for a child by opening the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib to a certain "aang" (page) and choosing a name that begins with the first letter of the first word on the "aang". 

Sikh given names are gender neutral, generally formed of a prefix and a suffix (ex. Har/jeet/). There is however, a gender connotation attached when pronouncing a name, say Parkāśh for example; it may be either male or female, but /parakāśō/ is female while /parakāśū/ is male. 


Is there a specific way to determine if a name is male or female?