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The name Gopala is a boy's name meaning "cow protector".

Another name for the Hindu god Krishna, Gopala means "cow protector", making it a significant name within Hinduism in which cows are considered sacred. It was also the name of the 8th century founder and ruler of the Pala Empire in Bengal and of a medieval Indian mathematician. 
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Gopal is another form of the name.

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