Krushna

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: Simha
• Nakshatra: Magha
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Lord Krishna, dark and beautiful”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Kiara — Meanings families give: Dark-haired, grace; Bright, clear, famous (Gujarati diaspora); Bright, clear
• Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
• Layla — Night, dark beauty
• Kajal — Kohl, eye liner; dark and beautiful
• Nilanjana — Meanings families give: Blue-eyed, dark eyes like a doe; Blue-eyed; one with blue-tinted eyes

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Balabhadra — strong, powerful
• Patitapaban — Savior of the fallen, Lord Jagannath
• Jagabandhu — Friend of the world, Lord Jagannath
• Nilamadhab — Blue Lord, original name of Lord Jagannath
• Debashis — Blessing of the gods
• Konark — Corner of the sun, Sun Temple of Odisha

Other names under Simha rashi

• Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
• Surya — the wife of the god
• Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
• Harshil — Joyful, happy
• Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful
• Harshitha — Happy, joyful, delighted

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

Where this comes from

Krushna 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.