Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Vinod
“driving away”·“removal”·“one who is a pleasure”
Vinod is connected with Sanskrit ideas of diversion, recreation and pleasure.
Meaning & origin
What it means
The root’s senses include “driving away” or “removal,” and it often suggests diversion, sport or pleasure. The naming interpretation “one who is a pleasure” reflects that latter association.
Where it comes from
Vinod derives from Sanskrit vinoda, a word used in classical literature.
How it developed
The full range of vinoda extends beyond its opening sense of removal to amusement and recreation. Its later use as a personal name draws on a word already familiar in Sanskrit writing.
The story
Vinod is recorded as a personal name from the late medieval period, after the underlying Sanskrit word was already established.
Vinod through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 153
- 153 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 15 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 6 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,509 as a first name in 2020; 656 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.
Vinod’s family of names
In Hindi usage, Vinod is a Roman-alphabet rendering of विनोद. In Hindi usage, Vinod is a transliteration of विनोद.
The ring: spellings.
Around the world
Vinod has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Vinod
- Vinod KhannaIndian actor, director, politician (1946–2017)
- Vinod KhoslaIndian-American businessmanborn 1955
- Vinod KambliIndian cricket player (born 1972)
- Vinod DhamIndian engineerborn 1950
- Vinod MehraIndian actor (1945-1990)
- Vinod RaiRetired Indian Administrative Service officer and former Comptroller and Auditor General of Indiaborn 1948
- Vinod Kumar ShuklaIndian writer (1937-2025)
- Vinod DuaIndian television presenter (1954–2021)
- Vinod RathodIndian playback singerborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Vinod, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“light, radiance”
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