Given name
Govinda
“the cow finder”
Govinda is a variant of Gobind. One Sanskrit interpretation is “the cow finder.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Govinda is a variant of Gobind. One Sanskrit interpretation is “the cow finder.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Sanskrit गोविन्द (Govinda, “finder of cows”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Govinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 7 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 523 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Govinda’s family of names
Govinda has a related form in Gobind.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Govinda
- Govinda IIIRashtrakuta Emperor793–814
- GovindapadaIndian philosopher advaita vendatna
- Govind SwarupIndian radio astronomer (1929–2020)
- Govinda IIRashtrakuta Emperor
- Govinda Chandra DevBengali philosopher (1907-1971)
- Govinda IVRashtrakuta Emperor930–935
- Govinda Van MaeleLuxembourg film directorborn 1983
- Govinda K.C.Nepalese philanthropic activist and orthopaedic surgeonborn 1957
- Govindrao TembeIndian musician (1881–1955)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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