At a Glance
- Meaning
- Combines 'har' (God) with 'Kishan,' the name of the deity Krishna, read roughly as 'God-Krishna'
- Origin
- Punjabi (Sanskrit-derived)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- har-KISH-un
Harkishan is a Punjabi (Sanskrit-derived) boy's name meaning “combines 'har' (God) with 'Kishan,' the name of the deity Krishna, read roughly as 'God-Krishna'”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Harkishan
Meaning: Combines 'har' (God) with 'Kishan,' the name of the deity Krishna, read roughly as 'God-Krishna'.
Origin: Punjabi (Sanskrit-derived).
A common claim: Commonly rendered on baby-name sites as 'God who is the divine.' Actually: That phrasing is a vague paraphrase -- 'Kishan' specifically refers to the deity Krishna, not an abstract 'the divine.'
How to Pronounce Harkishan
har-KISH-un
Popularity of Harkishan
Harkishan doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Harkishan
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