MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Krisana mean?
Krisana represents the conventional name Krishna, whose Sanskrit basis describes a dark colour. The feminine Kṛṣṇā is also a name of Draupadi in the Mahabharata, while the masculine form names the deity Krishna.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कृष्णा
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨਾ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Krisana in Indian usage
31,410 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 30,432 records (96.9%).
- Recorded as male: 978 records (3.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,663 |
| 1940s | 5,186 |
| 1950s | 6,976 |
| 1960s | 7,605 |
| 1970s | 5,254 |
| 1980s | 3,231 |
| 1990s | 1,273 |
| Other decades | 222 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 30,702 |
| Haryana | 393 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 114 |
| Other states | 201 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇā, p. 306,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.