Indian Names · Boy
Kannan name meaning
“Krishna”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- K
- Origin
- Tamil · Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Tamil scriptகண்ணன்
Kannan is a male Tamil name meaning 'Krishna'.
What does Kannan mean?
About the name Kannan
Kannan is a Tamil male name referring to the god Krishna. It comes from the Prakrit form of the Sanskrit name Kṛṣṇa plus the masculine suffix -aṉ. In Tamil, kaṇṇaṉ as a common word also means 'a person who has eyes', from kaṇ 'eye'.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tamil, Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Kan-nan |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with K |
| Tamil script | கண்ணன் |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: கண்ணன் · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Names with a related meaning
- Subramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Suresh♂Ruler of the gods
- Arumugam♂Six-faced
- Sivakumar♂Son of Shiva (Shiva: benign, auspicious
- Balakrishnan♂Child Krishna
- Yogeswaran♂Lord of yoga
- Supramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Thirumurugan♂Sacred Murugan
- Abid♂Worshipper
- Alwar♂One deep in meditation on the attributes of the Supreme Being
- Archit♂Worshipped
- Avatar♂Incarnation of a deity
More Indian Names starting with K
- Krishnan♂Dark, black
- Kumaran♂Boy, son
- Kumar♂Boy, son
- Kesavan♂An epithet of Vishnu and Krishna
- Kumaresan♂Lord Kumara
- Kavinesh♂
- Keshvinder♂
- Kabir♂Great
- Kadamban♂Murugan, wearer of the kadambu flower garland
- Kadhirvelan♂Murugan, bearer of the radiant spear
- Kailash♂Name of a sacred Himalayan mountain
- Kalidasa♂Servant of Kali
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