Unisex, Mostly a girls' name in Gujarat and North India; in South India also a boys' name, short for Gopala or Gopikrishna. · Sanskrit · Hindu
Gopi
गोपीSay it GO-pee
- Meaning today
- Cowherdess, devotee of Krishna
- Original meaning
- "a cowherdess, milkmaid; a cowherd's wife; a female guardian" Monier-Williams, p. 368
- Say it
- GO-pee
- Written
- गोपी
- Other spellings
- Gopee
- First sound
- गो · Kumbh rashi
Gopi
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Gopi meaning
Gopi (गोपी) is a Hindu unisex name of Sanskrit origin, used for both girls and boys. By its first sound, गो, it is a Kumbh rashi name (Shatabhisha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
A cowherdess, milkmaid; a cowherd's wife; a female guardian
Also used to mean: devotee of Krishna
Gopi (गोपी) is the feminine of Sanskrit gopa, "cowherd" or "protector". Monier-Williams gives gopī as a cowherd's wife, a cowherdess or milkmaid, and a female guardian. In the Bhagavata Purana and the poetry of Braj, the gopis of Vrindavan, with Radha foremost among them, are the models of loving devotion to Krishna, and that is the sense parents usually have in mind. As a girls' name Gopi is used in Gujarat and North India. In the South it is also a boys' name, short for Gopala or Gopikrishna.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 368 · entry gopī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, gopa, gopī, p. 368 · Wikipedia, Gopi
Fits your syllable
First sound गो
Shatabhisha nakshatra, pada 1 · Kumbh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Gopi · Gopee