MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Govinda mean?
Govinda is an established name of Krishna with pastoral associations. The go element, cow, also appears in Gopal, the protector-of-cows title.
Pronunciation
IAST: govinda
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोविन्द
Letter-by-letter: govinda
Conventional spelling
Tamil
கோவிந்தா
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गोविन्दा
Letter-by-letter: govindā
13,988 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
गोविंदा
Letter-by-letter: goviṃdā
4,431 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Govinda in Indian usage
336,988 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,698 records (2%).
- Recorded as male: 330,290 records (98%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 4,193 |
| 1940s | 11,891 |
| 1950s | 23,163 |
| 1960s | 38,798 |
| 1970s | 53,542 |
| 1980s | 90,643 |
| 1990s | 113,723 |
| Other decades | 1,035 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 101,792 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 68,379 |
| Rajasthan | 59,542 |
| Bihar | 39,261 |
| Jharkhand | 18,769 |
| Uttarakhand | 18,573 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 13,903 |
| Haryana | 7,393 |
| Maharashtra | 3,685 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,274 |
| Delhi | 868 |
| Kerala | 651 |
| Chandigarh | 291 |
| Gujarat | 165 |
| Other states | 442 |
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: गोविन्द ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Govinda ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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