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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (southern states) : shortened form of Krishna or of any other name beginning with Krishna (such as Krishnan, Krishnaswami, Krishnamurthy, etc.), used in the U.S. by families from southern India. It is not in use in India.

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