Govinda

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Punarvasu
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Lord Vishnu, one who pleases cows”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Sameer — Meanings families give: Breeze, gentle wind, an entertainer who pleases; Wind, air, pleasant breeze
• Dilnoza — One who pleases the heart, beautiful
• Sivaranjani — One who pleases Shiva
• Gobind — Meanings families give: Protector of cows, one who finds pleasure in cows; Lord of the cow herds, preserver
• Gobinda — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna, protector of cows; Lord Krishna, cowherd
• Gopal — Meanings families give: Cowherd, one who protects cows, a name of Krishna; Cowherd, Krishna; Cowherd, protector of cows, Krishna; Lord Krishna, keeper of cows; Cowherd, Lord Krishna

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Shiva — Auspicious, the destroyer
• Rama — pleasing, delighting, rejoicing
• Srikanth — ‘beautiful-throated’, a partic. bird
• Anirudh — Grandson of Krishna, unstoppable
• Goutham — Lord Buddha, remover of darkness

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.

Where this comes from

Govinda has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.