Popular Names of Lord Krishna with their Meanings

Krishna has been given many names and titles by his devotees.

* Achala – The still one
* Achyuta – Infallible
* Baanke Bihari – Charming player
* Bihari – One who plays
* Brajesh – Lord of Braja
* Chakradhari – the bearer of a discus (chakra)
* Damodara (Daamodarah) – the Lord when He was tied with a cord (daama) round His waist (udara)
* Dinabandu – Friend of the afflicted
* Dînânâth – Refuge of destitutes
* Dwarakadish – Lord of Dwaraka
* Dwarakanath – Lord of Dwaraka
* Ghanshyam – Dark rain cloud complexioned one
* Giridhari – he who lifted a hill (Govardhana hill)
* Gopala – cowherd; protector of cows
* Gopinath – Lord of the gopis, or cowherd women.
* Govinda – protector of cows; also connected with Govardhana Hill; see also other meanings.
* Guruvayoorappan – Lord of the temple Guruvayoor, constructed by the Guru of Devas Brihaspati and Vayu .
* Hari – one who takes away [sins, or who wards off samsara, the cycle of birth and death]; the yellow one (the colour of the sun); Hare Krishna is the vocative, viz. “o golden one! o dark-blue one”; see other meanings.
* Ishvara – god
* Hrshikesha – Master of the senses
* Jagannatha – lord of all places (see also Juggernaut).
* Janardhana – One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
* Kaladev – the black deity
* Kanha
* Keshava – long haired, beautiful haired; see also other meanings.
* Madhava – bringer of springtime; see other meanings
* Madhusudanah – killer of demon Madhu
* Mukhilan- The one with the complexion similar to the rain clouds
* Mukunda- he who gives you Mukti
* Nanda Gopal
* Nanda Lal – Beloved of Nanda
* Panduranga
* Parambrahman the highest Brahman
* Parameshvara the highest Ishvara, the highest god
* Partha sarathy – charioteer, a reference to his role with regard to Arjuna in the great battle
* Patitapavana – Purifier of the fallen
* Radha Vallabha – lover of Radha
* Ranchodrai – When he refused to fight the war and fled to Dwarka for the sake of peace. Dakor, Gujarat has a popular temple of Ranchodraiji. Ran – Field, Chod – leave.
* Shyamasundara – the beautiful, dark one
* V?sudeva, Krishna Vaasudeva – son of Vasudeva
* Yadunandan – Son of the Yadu dynasty
* Yogeshwara – the Lord of the Yogis
* Yashoda Nandan – child of Yashoda

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