Given name
Kishen
Kishen has a related form in Krishna. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hiniduism, an avatar of Vishnu, portrayed as a handsome man playing the flute.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kishen has a related form in Krishna. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hiniduism, an avatar of Vishnu, portrayed as a handsome man playing the flute.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kishen has a related form in Krishna. An origin associated with Krishna is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Kishen is used as a variant of Krishna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kishen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kishen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.