Where does “Gujarat” come from?

Gujarat derives from Sanskrit गुर्जरत्रा, which derives from Sanskrit गुर्जर, a name for a historical region and its people in northwestern India.

Ancestry of “Gujarat”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Gujarati	ગુજરાત	—
2	Punjabi	ਗੁਜਰਾਤ	—
3	Hindi	गुजरात	—
4	Sauraseni Prakrit	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸	—
5	Sanskrit	गुर्जरत्रा	country of the Gurjaras
6	Sanskrit	गुर्जर	Gurjaras