Given name & surname
Krishan
“a talkative woman”
Krishan is a variant of Krishen. One American interpretation is “a talkative woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Krishan is a variant of Krishen. One American interpretation is “a talkative woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Krishan is a variant of Krishen. An origin associated with Krishen is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Krishan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 417
- 417 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,250 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,250 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,069 as a first name in 2020; 241 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Krishan’s family of names
Krishan has a related form in Krishen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Krishan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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