Krishay
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Krishay by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Krishay. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Krishay
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Krishay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Krishandark, black; form of krishna5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Krishav7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Krishal7 in the US (2017)
- Krishdark, black; short form of Krishna42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Krishnadark, black; Hindu deity87 in the US (2017)
- Kristyfollower of Christ; a form of Christine47 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Krishay
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