They are said to take their name from Girnar in Kathiawar, where they were settled by Krishna after he rose from the Damodar reservoir in the bed of the Sonrekha river at Junagarh.

They have the monopoly of the office of priests to pilgrims visiting Girnar.

_( Bombay Gazetteer_, ix.) _Goal_ or _Gowala, Guala_ .-- (Sanskrit Gopal, a cowherd.) Synonym of Ahir, also subcaste of Ahir.
_Gaoli_ .-- (A cowherd.) Synonym for Ahir.

Subcaste of Maratha.
_Gobardhua_ .-- (From _gobar_, cowdung.) Subcaste of Chamar.
_Gohia, Gohi_ .-- (From _goh_ or _gohi_, a large lizard.) A section of Jain Bania or Khatik.

A sept of Bhatra and Parja.
_Gohil_ .-- A well-known clan of Rajputs in the United Provinces.
_Goia_ .-- (From _gohi_, a mango-stone.) A section of Chadar.