Given name & surname · also Hindi
Gopinath
“lord of the gopis”
Gopinath is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gopinath goes back to Sanskrit गोपीनाथ, meaning “lord of the gopis.”
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Where it comes from
Gopinath comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hindi गोपीनाथ, from Sanskrit गोपीनाथ (“lord of the gopis”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
People named Gopinath
- Gopinath BordoloiIndian Independence Activist and 1st Chief Minister of Assam1890–1950
- Gopinath KavirajHindu philosopher (1887–1976)
- Gopinath MohantyIndian (Odia) writer (1914-1991)
- Gopinath MundeIndian politician from Maharashtra1949–2014
- Gopinath SahaBengali activist for Indian independence1906–1924
- Gopinath MuthukadIndian magician, escapologist, life coach, and motivational speakerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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