MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Krishnakant mean?
Krishna joins kanta, the Sanskrit word for someone beloved, in this devotional compound. Krishna is the divine figure whose life and teachings feature in the Bhagavata and Mahabharata.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कृष्णकान्त
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कृष्णकांत
Letter-by-letter: kṛṣṇakāṃta
6,599 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Krishnakant in Indian usage
9,692 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling कृष्णकान्त.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 412 |
| 1960s | 1,112 |
| 1970s | 1,911 |
| 1980s | 3,112 |
| 1990s | 3,011 |
| Other decades | 134 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,848 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,666 |
| Rajasthan | 1,145 |
| Other states | 1,033 |
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, kānta, p. 270,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.