Nandakishora as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nandakishora

What is the meaning of the name Nandakishora ?

The baby name Nandakishora is a Male name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced nan-dah-kee-sho-rah (IPA: /nən.də.kiː.ʃoː.rə/).

Nandakishora is Hindu, Sanskrit in Origin.

From Sanskrit Nanda + kiśora, Nandakishora means “the youthful Krishna,” literally “Nanda’s adolescent son.” Nanda is the foster father of Krishna (and also stems from the root nand, “to rejoice”), while kiśora denotes an adolescent youth; together they evoke divine playfulness, sweetness, and joy.

As an epithet of Krishna, Nandakishora appears in the Bhagavata Purana and Vaishnava bhakti poetry and kirtans, especially within Braj and Bengali traditions, and has long been adopted as a masculine given name across India and Nepal and in the diaspora. Common variants and spellings include Nandakishor, Nandakishore, Nanda Kishora, Nandkishor, and Nandkishore; scholarly transliteration yields Nanda-kiśora or Nandakiśora. Related devotional cognates are Nandakumar (“son of Nanda”) and Nandalal (“dear of Nanda”), while the standalone Kishore/Kishor shares the sense of youth. The name signals devotion to Krishna and an affectionate, joyous character.

⚙ Nandakishora is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. However you look at it, very few people share it.