Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Govind
“the one who finds and owns cows”
Govind is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “the one who finds and owns cows.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “the one who finds and owns cows.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Govind through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 126 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 710 as a first name in 2020; 443 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Govind’s family of names
Govind has a related form in Gobind. Govind has a related form in Gobind. Govind has a related form in Govend.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Govind
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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