Binod
From the Sanskrit vinoda, "joy, pleasure", a name that reaches Poland from well outside the Slavic world. Barely 130 men carry it here, and most Poles have never met one.
Binod Pronunciation
Binod is pronounced BEE-not (/ˈbinɔt/).
What Binod means
Where Binod comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Binod comes from Sanskrit vinoda, meaning joy or pleasure. In Nepal and northern India it is a common masculine name, carried by men in Kathmandu, Bihar, and beyond. The origin is filed here as "other," outside the Slavic and Latin streams that fill most Polish registers.
Sanskrit vinoda meant amusement, delight, a pleasant pastime. From that root the name spread through Hindi and Nepali as Binod, and its cousin Vinod stayed closer to the older spelling. Both mean gladness.
In 2020 the name met a strange fame. A single comment reading "Binod" spread across Indian social media and became a running joke online, documented by news outlets that year. For a while one ordinary name belonged to millions of strangers typing it for fun.
In Poland the name has no name-day and no Polish source for its meaning. A teacher reading it aloud from a class register would meet it fresh. What the name still holds is its first sense: Sanskrit vinoda, joy.
How many people are named Binod
1 in 161714 men in Poland is named Binod. 132 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2887 among male names.