The baby name Gopesh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GOH-pesh (IPA: /ˈɡoʊpeʃ/).
The baby name Gopesh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GOH-pesh (IPA: /ˈɡoʊpeʃ/).
Gopesh is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Gopesh is a masculine Indian name from Sanskrit gopa “cowherd” + īśa “lord,” meaning “lord of the cowherds.” It functions as a devotional title of Krishna, reflecting his upbringing among the cowherd community of Vraja (Vrindavan). The name traveled into modern Indo‑Aryan languages through Vaishnava hymns and temple traditions, and appears in regional poetry and kirtan celebrating Krishna as guardian of the gopas and gopis.
As a given name, Gopesh has been used across North and East India and Nepal since at least the late medieval Bhakti period, and it remains familiar in Bengali, Hindi, Odia, and Marathi contexts. Variants and related forms include Gopesha, Gopeshwar/Gopeshvara (“lord of the cowherds”), and compounds like Gopesh Chandra. Because divine epithets are shared across deities, Gopeshwar is also applied to Shiva at Vrindavan’s Gopeshwar Mahadev, though Gopesh itself is most closely associated with Krishna.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #367 | 3 | 8,477 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #564 | 13 | 10,045 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #858 | 24 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #935 | 67 | 16,750 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,076 | 17 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,595 | 20 | 28,008 |
Gopesh is popular in 12 countries — most recent births per country:
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