Kishan

Where Kishan comes from

From Sanskrit किशन (kiśana).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kishan
  • Sanskrit
Kishan through the years
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #4,505 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Peak, #1,519
    68 babies named Kishan, the most in any year.
  3. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,864.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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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.