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Krishnakant
कृष्णकांतSay it krish-nuh-KAANT
- Meaning today
- Beloved of Krishna
- Original meaning
- "Krishna the beloved (kṛṣṇa + kānta, 'beloved, lovely')" Monier-Williams, p. 270
- Say it
- krish-nuh-KAANT
- Written
- कृष्णकांत
- Other spellings
- Krishnakanth, Krishankant
Krishnakant
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Krishnakant meaning
Krishnakant (कृष्णकांत) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Krishna the beloved (kṛṣṇa + kānta, 'beloved, lovely')
Also used to mean: beloved of Krishna
Krishnakant (कृष्णकांत) joins Kṛṣṇa, the god Krishna, with kānta, which Monier-Williams gives as desired, loved, dear, lovely and beautiful, and as a beloved person, a lover or husband; the lexicons even list kānta as a name of Kṛṣṇa himself. Read together the name is "Krishna the beloved", and name lists give "beloved of Krishna", which uses the same two words. Krishnakanth is the South Indian spelling. Krishan Kant, Vice-President of India in the late 1990s, bore a form of the name.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 270 · entry kānta (+ kṛṣṇa, p. 306) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, kānta, p. 270 · Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306 · Wikipedia, Krishan Kant
Famous namesakes
- Krishan Kant, Vice-President of India (1997–2002)
Spellings
Krishnakant · Krishnakanth · Krishankant