MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Krishnan mean?
Krishnan is a southern personal-name form of Krishna. The divine name retains the Sanskrit association with a dark hue.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कृष्णन
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
കൃഷ്ണൻ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Krishnan in Indian usage
45,237 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,372 records (3%).
- Recorded as male: 43,865 records (97%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,462 |
| 1940s | 8,998 |
| 1950s | 12,883 |
| 1960s | 11,221 |
| 1970s | 5,826 |
| 1980s | 1,783 |
| 1990s | 536 |
| Other decades | 528 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 41,243 |
| Maharashtra | 2,472 |
| Puducherry | 863 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 269 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 165 |
| Other states | 225 |
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
- Wiktionary: கிருஷ்ணன் ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: കൃഷ്ണൻ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.