Indian Names · Boy
Krishna name meaning
“black; dark”
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- K
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Tamil
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptकृष्ण
- Tamil scriptகிருஷ்ணா
Krishna is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'black' or 'dark'.
What does Krishna mean?
About the name Krishna
Krishna comes from Sanskrit kṛṣṇa, meaning black or dark. It is also the name of the eighth avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism and of a river in India. In Tamil it is written கிருஷ்ணா.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Tamil |
| Syllables | Krish-na |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with K |
| Devanagari script | कृष्ण |
|---|---|
| Tamil script | கிருஷ்ணா |
Sources
- Wiktionary: कृष्ण · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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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