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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (southern states) : 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.

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