as a Last Name
- 1,062
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Krishna
Meaning & Origins
Indian (southern states): Hindu name from Sanskrit krṣṇa ‘black’, an epithet of the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu. Among Tamil and Malayalam speakers who have migrated from their home states it is a variant of Krishnan. It is found only as a male given name in India, but used a family name in the U.S. among South Indians.
| 25,181st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,062
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Krishna per capita
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