Gobin may refer to: *

Gobin de Reims Gobin de Reims (Reins) was a thirteenth-century trouvère, most likely from Reims. He possibly wrote two satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fic ...

, 13th-century poet-composer *

Gabriel Gobin Gabriel Gobin (12 May 1903 – 9 February 1998) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1947 and 1990. He was born in Hacquegnies, Belgium and died in Brie-Comte-Robert, France. Selected filmography * ''Quai de ...

(1903–1998), Belgian film actor *

John P. S. Gobin John Peter Shindel Gobin (January 21, 1837 – May 1, 1910) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 17th district from 18 ...

(1837–1910), American politician and Union Army officer during the Civil War *

John Gobin (polo) John S. Gobin is an American six-goal polo player. Early life John S. Gobin grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.Kristen ArmstrongPolo Changed His Life, and Now Gobin Works Hard to Give Back ''Sun Gazette'', July 9, 2007 He began playing arena polo ...

, American polo player Gobin is also used by Hindu people of

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

descent in

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...

, Guyana,

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji,

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

, and

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

. It is derived from

Govinda Govinda (), also rendered Govind and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu which is also used for his avatars such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in '' Vishnu Sahasranama''. The name is also popularly addresse ...

, and its variations

Gobind Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sin ...

, Gobinda, and

Govind Govind may refer to: *An alternate spelling of Govinda, which is a name in Hinduism given to the god Krishna. It means "cowherd." *The name Govind is commonly used in Sikhism to refer to God. It is derived from "Gobinda" which means Preserver of th ...

, which is another name for the Hindu deity

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is on ...

and means lord of herdsmen. In

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

it is used as a first name, but many of the children of the indentured laborers in the aforementioned countries used their fathers' first name as their surname. People with the surname Gobin in this sense include: *

Sewram Gobin Sewram Gobin (born January 19, 1983) is a Mauritian footballer who played as a forward for AS Rivière du Rempart in the Mauritian League and the Mauritius national football team. Club career Gobin started off his professional career in 2003 wi ...

(born 1983), Mauritian footballer of Indian descent * Soogee Gobin (1880-1952), matriarch of the

Capildeo family The Capildeo family () is an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian family of Hindu pundits, politicians, and writers. The most notable members are 2001 Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul and mathematician and politician Rudranath Capildeo. The ancestral ...

in Trinidad and Tobago Gobin is a word used in the North west of England to describe in a friendly manner someone who has just done something the wrong way.

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{{given name, type=both Indian surnames Surnames of Indian origin Hindustani-language surnames Hindu surnames Indo-Caribbean Indo-Guyanese people Indian diaspora in Fiji Indian diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago Indian diaspora in Suriname Indian diaspora in South Africa Indian diaspora in Mauritius