Kanai
Kanai means Lord Krishna; the dark-complexioned one.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Bengali |
| Language | Bengali |
| Starts with | K |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Lord Krishna; the dark-complexioned one”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Gauri — Meanings families give: Fair, Goddess Parvati; White, fair complexioned, Goddess Parvati; Fair, white, goddess Parvati; Goddess Parvati, fair complexioned
- Gowri — Meanings families give: Fair one, Parvati; Goddess Parvati, fair complexioned; White, pure, Goddess Parvati
- Sweta — White, pure; fair-complexioned
- Shyam — Meanings families give: Dark complexioned, a beloved name for Lord Krishna; Dark, Krishna, cloud-like, beautiful dark one
- Gaurang — Meanings families give: Fair-complexioned, one with a golden radiant skin; Lord Chaitanya; fair-complexioned
- Pandurang — Lord Vitthal of Pandharpur, fair complexioned
More boys' names of Bengali origin
- Arnab — Ocean, sea; vast and deep
- Abir — Meanings families give: Color, fragrance; Color, festive powder used at Holi
- Gourab — Glory, pride, honor; great achievement
- Souvik — A good place; auspicious place or thing
- Partho — Arjuna; son of Kunti; the great archer
- Amlan — bright, unclouded (as the mind or the face)
Where this comes from
Kanai has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.