MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gopalan mean?
Gopalan continues Sanskrit Gopala, cowherd or protector of cows. Tamil adds its masculine ending an to that name. The whole form is used for Krishna, recalling his life among the cowherds.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोपालन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gopalan in Indian usage
19,974 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 365 |
| 1930s | 2,299 |
| 1940s | 5,131 |
| 1950s | 6,398 |
| 1960s | 3,854 |
| 1970s | 1,535 |
| Other decades | 392 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 19,858 |
| Other states | 116 |
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.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: கோபாலன் ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, gopāla, p. 365,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.