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Balakrishnan name meaning

“child Krishna”

Letters
12
Syllables
4
First letter
B
Origin
Sanskrit · Tamil
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1950s: 9.2%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s6.5%
1950s9.2%
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: BMeaning faithSanskrit origin

Balakrishnan is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'child Krishna', combining bāla (child) and Krishna.

What does Balakrishnan mean?

Child Krishna

In Malay: Krishna kecil; Krishna sebagai kanak-kanak

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Sources (2)

About the name Balakrishnan

Balakrishnan combines Sanskrit bāla, 'boy' or 'child', and Krishna, the name of an avatar of Vishnu that derives from an adjective meaning 'black' or 'dark'. The final -n is common in South Indian male names. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1950s with 613 baby boys. JPN counts the first word of registered names.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit, Tamil
SyllablesBa-la-krish-nan
First letterIndian Names starting with B

Balakrishnan in official JPN data

1940s
Boy: 213 · 6.5%
1950s
Boy: 613 · 9.2%
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Balakrishnan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: बाल (bāla) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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