Krishna Family History
Krishna Name Meaning
Indian (mainly southern states): from a personal name based on Sanskrit krṣṇa ‘black dark’ an epithet of the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu. Among Tamil and Malayalam speakers who have migrated from their home states it is a variant of Krishnan . — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022