Krishna - Meaning of Krishna

What does Krishna mean?

[ 2 syll. kris-hna, kr-ish-na ] The baby girl name Krishna is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as KRIH-SHNaa- †. Krishna is of Sanskrit origin. It is used mainly in English and Indian. It is derived from the word krsna with the meaning 'black; dark'. See Krishna for more information. Forms of Krishna include the English Kistna, the English Kistnah, the English Krisha, the English Krishnah, and the name Kryshna.

Krishna is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Krishna include Krishnah, Karsan, Karsen, Karsin, Karson, Karsyn, Kerigan, Khristian, Kirstian, Krasna, Krishan, Krishen, Krishin, Krishon, Kryshan, Kryshen, Kryshin, Kryshna, Kryshon, and Krystene.

† Pronunciation for Krishna: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"