# Gobin

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**Gobin** may refer to:

- [Gobin de Reims](/source/Gobin_de_Reims), 13th-century poet-composer
- [Gabriel Gobin](/source/Gabriel_Gobin) (1903–1998), Belgian film actor
- [John P. S. Gobin](/source/John_P._S._Gobin) (1837–1910), American politician and Union Army officer during the Civil War
- [John Gobin (polo)](/source/John_Gobin_(polo)), American polo player

Gobin is also used by [Hindu](/source/Hindu) people of [Indian](/source/Indian_people) descent in [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Suriname](/source/Suriname), other parts of the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean), [Fiji](/source/Fiji), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), and [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius). It is derived from [Govinda](/source/Govinda), and its variations [Gobind](/source/Govinda), [Gobinda](/source/Govinda), and [Govind](/source/Govinda), which is another name for the Hindu deity [Krishna](/source/Krishna) and means lord of herdsmen. In [India](/source/India) 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](/source/Patronymic_surname).[1] People with the surname Gobin in this sense include:

- [Maneesh Gobin](/source/Maneesh_Gobin) (born XXX), Mauritian [Attorney General](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_(Mauritius))
- [Sewram Gobin](/source/Sewram_Gobin) (born 1983), Mauritian footballer of Indian descent
- [Soogee Gobin](/source/Capildeo_family) (1880-1952), matriarch of the [Capildeo family](/source/Capildeo_family) 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.

## Place

- Gobin Village, [Princes Town](/source/Princes_Town_(region)), [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago)[2]

## References

1. ["Gobin Name Meaning & Gobin Family History at Ancestry.com®"](https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=gobin). *www.ancestry.com*. Retrieved 2021-10-15.

1. [https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/02/bridge-burnt-at-gobin-village/](https://newsday.co.tt/2019/04/02/bridge-burnt-at-gobin-village/)

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