Krish

Where Krish comes from

Borrowed from Hindi कृष (kŕṣ), Derived from Hindi कृष्णा (kŕṣṇā).
— Wiktionary's entry for Krish
Along the way
  1. 1985
    First appearance
    #6,523 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2006
    Peak, #632
    371 babies named Krish — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,117.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Krishna, from the South Asian Languages.
Namesakes

No widely known Krish turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.