Gopal Family History
- Gopal Name Meaning
- Indian (southern states): Hindu name, from Sanskrit gopala ‘cowherd’ (from go ‘cow’ + pala ‘protector’), an epithet of the god Krishna. It is only a male given name in India, but has come to be used as a surname among South Indians in the U.S.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,285 Historical Documents with Gopal on Ancestry
- 2,209 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 291 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,020 Military Records
- 676 Immigration Records
- 89 Member Trees
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