Given name

Kanhaiya

Kanhaiya is a masculine given name from Hindi.

Original Hindiकन्हैया

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kanhaiya comes from Hindi.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hindi कन्हैया.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kanhaiya’s family of names

In English usage, Kanhaiya was borrowed from the Hindi form कन्हैया.

Walk Kanhaiya’s family in the name graph

Kanhaiyaकन्हैया

The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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