Krishnadev

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Makar
• Nakshatra: Shravana
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Divine Krishna, the God who is the supreme lord”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Chinmay — Meanings families give: Full of knowledge; Supreme consciousness; Full of knowledge, consciousness; Supreme consciousness; blissful
• Mahesh — Meanings families give: Lord Shiva; Great God, the supreme lord Shiva himself; Great lord, Shiva; Great Lord Shiva
• Purushottam — Meanings families give: Best among men, Vishnu; Supreme being, Jagannath title
• Rajesh — Meanings families give: King of kings, lord of kings and supreme sovereign; King of kings; King of kings, ruler; King of kings; ruler
• Harish — Meanings families give: Lord Shiva or Vishnu, the supreme divine being; Lord Vishnu, destroyer of sorrow; Lord Vishnu, lion

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
• Arnav — come from the sea
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated

Other names under Makar rashi

• Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
• Jyoti — Meanings families give: Light, flame; Light, flame, radiance
• Jainam — Victorious
• Jyothi — Meanings families give: Light, flame, radiance; Light, flame, brightness
• Keshav — Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Makar names.

Where this comes from

Krishnadev 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.