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Radhakrishnan Name Meaning

Indian (Kerala Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit rādhā ‘prosperity’ (the name of Krishna's favorite gopi i.e. young female cowherd) + krṣṇa (see Krishna ) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Ramakrishnan, Balakrishnan, Krishnan, Ranganathan, Narasimhan

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