Girl · Sanskrit (Telugu and Kannada usage) · Hindu
Krishnaveni
कृष्णवेणीSay it krish-nuh-VAY-nee
- Meaning today
- The Krishna river
- Original meaning
- "name of a river, the Krishna" Monier-Williams, p. 307
- Say it
- krish-nuh-VAY-nee
- Written
- कृष्णवेणी
- Other spellings
- Krishna Veni
Krishnaveni
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Krishnaveni meaning
Krishnaveni (कृष्णवेणी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Telugu and Kannada usage).
Name of a river, the Krishna
Also used to mean: the Krishna river
Krishnaveni (कृष्णवेणी) is the old name of the river Krishna, which rises in the Western Ghats and flows through Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the Bay of Bengal. Monier-Williams records kṛṣṇa-veṇī as the name of a river in the Mahabharata; its parts are kṛṣṇa, "dark", and veṇī, which means both "a braid of hair" and "a stream". The name thus pictures a dark, winding river. It is a girls' name used mainly in the river's own lands, borne for example by the Telugu actress and producer C. Krishnaveni.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 307 · entry kṛṣṇa-veṇī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa-veṇī, p. 307 · Monier-Williams, veṇī, p. 1014 · Wikipedia, Krishnaveni (actress)
Famous namesakes
- C. Krishnaveni, Telugu actress and film producer
Spellings
Krishnaveni · Krishna Veni