Govinda

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Evidently a title, not a personal name; see Govindiya

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡəwvɪndə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Govinda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. In India it is the 87th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 7.7Kas Govind(inferred from the name graph)
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 11Kas Gobinda
  • NPNepal≈1 in 1.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Govinda itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nepal (inferred from the name graph)

≈27,000 people, est.

#800 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
231 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Nepal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GovindLatin(measured from records)
গোবিন্দBengali(measured from records)
โกวินThai(measured from records)
గోవిందTelugu(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Govind in IN India, KW Kuwait, AE United Arab Emirates and 1 more and Gobinda in BD Bangladesh.

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)

Evidently a title, not a personal name; see Govindiya. D.ii.230 f.; Mtu.iff.204.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Govinda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Govinda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NP Nepal—≈27,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K3Govinda63
BD Bangladesh#616≈15,000 est.≈1 in 11K—Gobinda41
ID Indonesia—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 106K—Govinda52
AE United Arab Emirates#374≈1,800 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Govind49
PK Pakistan—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 151K—Govind22
QA Qatar#264≈460 est.≈1 in 5.3K—Govinda11
KW Kuwait#489≈390 est.≈1 in 7.7K—Govind7
GY Guyana#4211261 in 6K126Govinda4
IN India#87——2.2KGovind231

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

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

Govinda is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gōvinda

  • Croatian given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

    Also written Говинда

42 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)

Govinda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In pi, Steward or treasurer of King Disaṃpati; father of Jotipāla, who succeeded him.

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • In English, A cowherd; one who is good at finding cows

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  • In pi, The steward or treasurer of King Disaṃpati. He had a son, Jotipāla, who succeeded him after his death and came to be known as Mahā Govinda (q.v.).’ " Govinda '' was evidently a title and not a name. See Govindiya below. D . ii. 230 f.; Mtu. iff. 204.

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • Ardhanarigvara (N); Brahma (N);

    as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

  • Sarasvati (0)

    as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

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)

500100015002000Govinda III, b. 793Govinda IV, b. 930Govindrao Tembe, b. 1881Govinda Chandra Dev, b. 1907Govinda Bahadur Malla, b. 1922Govind Swarup, b. 1929Govinda Raj Bhattarai, b. 1953Govinda Van Maele, b. 1983

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)

Informalनमस्ते Govinda जी,Hi Govinda, (English)

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)

Attested in 41 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Govinda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaIndia Names Dataset — Andhra Pradesh Electoral Rolls (Internet Archive)—27K#215
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199317K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199215K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199415K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199114K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199514K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199012K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198912K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198811K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198710K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19858.6K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19848.4K—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Govinda come from?
Evidently a title, not a personal name; see Govindiya. D.ii.230 f.; Mtu.iff.204. Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).
How do you pronounce Govinda?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəwvɪndə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
What does the name Govinda mean?
Recorded meaning: Evidently a title, not a personal name; see Govindiya.
Is Govinda a male or female name?
Govinda 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.
What are other forms of the name Govinda?
In the etymology graph, Govind is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Govinda have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Govinda in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled govinda.
How common is the name Govinda?
In Guyana, the national register counted 126 people named Govinda in 2025, about 1 in 6.0 thousand residents.
How common is Govinda compared with other names?
In India, Govinda is the 87th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Govinda” — the 87th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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