Gopi

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Gope in IN India, BD Bangladesh, KW Kuwait.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Gopi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Gōpi, Gopī

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India, United States

  Also written Gopī

• Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Gõpî

• Italian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Gôpí

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Gopi is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Welsh, soft mutation of copi

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In raw, coffee.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Gopi Chand Bhargavab. 1889INfirst chief minister of Punjab, India (1889–1966)
• Gopi Krishnab. 1903INIndian yogi and writer (1903–1984)
• Gopi Chand Narangb. 1931INIndian theorist, literary critic and scholar (1931–2022)
• Gopi Krishnab. 1935INIndian dancer (1935-1994)
• G.C. Bharukab. 1941INnot in their usual nameIndian judge (1941-2018)
• Gopi Kottoorb. 1956INIndian poet
• Gopi Bhallab. 1968INIndian actor
• Pullela Gopichandb. 1973INnot in their usual namebadminton player and trainer
• Gopi Sundarb. 1977INIndian musician, film score composer, music programmer, singer, song writer and performer
• Gopi Desaiactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gopi mean, and where does it come from?

Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Gopi?

A machine transcription gives /ˈɡoʊpi/ (IPA) for Hindi.

Is Gopi a male or female name?

Gopi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Gopi have the most bearers?

In India, the national register counted about 194 thousand people named Gop, more than in any other country we hold.

How common is the name Gopi?

In the Netherlands, the national register counted 116 people named Gopi in 2007, about 1 in 149 thousand residents.

How common is Gopi compared with other names?

In India, Gopi is the 383rd most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.