Krishan
given name · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Krishan is a given name, most frequently recorded in India, where it is the 16th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and , written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: incarnation of Vishnu (protecting god).
- INIndia1 in 446◐
- GYGuyana1 in 1.3K
- THThailand1 in 1.5K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈9.5K ●
- #309 ●
- 5 ●
- Sources
- 348 ●
- 1 in 1.3K ◐
across 9 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
2.9M records
Official registry-verified
Guyana
Spellings & scripts●
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Krishna in IN India, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 15 more, กฤษณะ in TH Thailand and Kritsana in SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
incarnation of Vishnu (protecting god)
Sources 1
- A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #16 | 7,299,451 | 2.7M rec. | — | 11K | Krishna | 309 |
| TH Thailand | #193 | 93,211 | 47K rec. | — | #7,643 | กฤษณะ | 135 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 12,469 | 9.7K rec. | — | 3 | Krishna | 128 |
| AU Australia | #891 | 10,344 | 13K rec. | — | 5 | Krishna | 151 |
| MY Malaysia | #696 | 7,348 | 7.1K rec. | — | — | Krishna | 71 |
| US United States | — | 7,272 | 130K rec. | 1 in 46K | 7.3K | Krishna | 348 |
| CA Canada | — | 4,180 | 4.5K rec. | — | 1 | Krishna | 105 |
| ID Indonesia | — | 2,733 | 2.6K rec. | — | listed | Krishna | 113 |
| BD Bangladesh | #491 | 2,501 | 1.9K rec. | — | — | Krishna | 65 |
| PH Philippines | — | 2,466 | 1.7K rec. | — | — | Krishna | 48 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 2,092 | 2.7K rec. | — | — | Krishna | 31 |
| NP Nepal | — | 2,016 | 4.7K rec. | — | — | Krishna | 102 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi493K36%
- 430K32%
- English142K10%
- Telugu118K9%
- Assamese118K9%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 493,271 | 36% |
| 430,305 | 32% | |
| English | 141,698 | 10% |
| Telugu | 117,662 | 9% |
| Assamese | 117,659 | 9% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
| 1930 | 1 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1932 | 2 |
| 1933 | 2 |
| 1934 | 1 |
| 1935 | 2 |
| 1936 | 3 |
| 1937 | 2 |
| 1938 | 8 |
| 1939 | 1 |
| 1940 | 4 |
| 1941 | 8 |
| 1942 | 6 |
| 1943 | 6 |
| 1944 | 9 |
| 1945 | 7 |
| 1946 | 10 |
| 1947 | 14 |
| 1948 | 20 |
| 1949 | 15 |
| 1950 | 21 |
| 1951 | 23 |
| 1952 | 30 |
| 1953 | 30 |
| 1954 | 29 |
| 1955 | 23 |
| 1956 | 24 |
| 1957 | 30 |
| 1958 | 38 |
| 1959 | 26 |
| 1960 | 33 |
| 1961 | 32 |
| 1962 | 49 |
| 1963 | 43 |
| 1964 | 44 |
| 1965 | 35 |
| 1966 | 52 |
| 1967 | 51 |
| 1968 | 50 |
| 1969 | 39 |
| 1970 | 53 |
| 1971 | 61 |
| 1972 | 49 |
| 1973 | 52 |
| 1974 | 46 |
| 1975 | 66 |
| 1976 | 51 |
| 1977 | 37 |
| 1978 | 55 |
| 1979 | 51 |
| 1980 | 40 |
| 1981 | 57 |
| 1982 | 61 |
| 1983 | 68 |
| 1984 | 58 |
| 1985 | 66 |
| 1986 | 77 |
| 1987 | 91 |
| 1988 | 115 |
| 1989 | 141 |
| 1990 | 167 |
| 1991 | 196 |
| 1992 | 248 |
| 1993 | 299 |
| 1994 | 320 |
| 1995 | 249 |
| 1996 | 172 |
| 1997 | 161 |
| 1998 | 112 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 17 |
| 2015 | 2 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 80 years between 1913–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Krishan Palb. 1957INIndian politician
- Krishan Arorab. 1962GB50th member of the NHS's staff to succumb to COVID-19 during the 2020 pandemic
- Krishan Gopal ThakurINresearcher
- Krishan KumarINresearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0088-3662)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 47 sources across 21 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 291 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Krishan?
- We estimate roughly 9.5 thousand people bear Krishan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Krishan have the most bearers?
- Krishan is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled krishna.
- How common is Krishan compared with other names?
- In India, Krishan is the 16th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
- Is Krishan a male or female name?
- Krishan is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Krishan mean?
- Recorded meaning: incarnation of Vishnu (protecting god)
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Krishan” — the 16th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.