MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Govind mean?
Govinda is a Sanskrit name of Krishna and Vishnu. The dictionary also records “chief herdsman”, fitting Krishna's pastoral setting among the cattle herders of Braj. Govinda also occurs as a name of Brihaspati in the Sanskrit dictionary.
Pronunciation
IAST: govinda
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोविन्द
Letter-by-letter: govinda
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Govind in Indian usage
12,740 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 338 records (2.7%).
- Recorded as male: 12,402 records (97.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 582 |
| 1950s | 928 |
| 1960s | 1,251 |
| 1970s | 2,517 |
| 1980s | 3,914 |
| 1990s | 3,305 |
| Other decades | 243 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 7,495 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,238 |
| Goa | 1,678 |
| Kerala | 801 |
| Sikkim | 144 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 102 |
| Other states | 282 |
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
- Monier-Williams, govinda, p. 366,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.