indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Indian
Meaning & History
Hindu name from Sanskrit kṛṣnamūrti meaning ‘manifestation of the god Krishna’, from krisna ‘black’ (epithet of an incarnation of the god Vishnu) + murti ‘image’, ‘manifestation’. It is only a given name in India, but has become a family name in the U.S. among South Indians.