MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gokul mean?
Gokula originally denotes a herd or settlement of cows. The place on the Yamuna is associated with Nanda and Krishna's early life. Yashoda is Krishna's foster mother in the stories set in this cowherd settlement.
Pronunciation
IAST: gokula
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोकुल
Letter-by-letter: gokula
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gokul in Indian usage
43,612 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,053 records (4.7%).
- Recorded as male: 41,559 records (95.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,146 |
| 1940s | 2,903 |
| 1950s | 4,910 |
| 1960s | 7,153 |
| 1970s | 7,303 |
| 1980s | 7,965 |
| 1990s | 12,022 |
| Other decades | 210 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 13,188 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,267 |
| Rajasthan | 7,765 |
| Kerala | 6,621 |
| Jharkhand | 1,817 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,802 |
| Bihar | 1,127 |
| Delhi | 664 |
| Assam | 648 |
| Maharashtra | 485 |
| Haryana | 261 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 253 |
| Goa | 158 |
| Other states | 556 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Gokul ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, gokula, p. 364,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.