નામકરણ  ·  The naming

Our daughter arrived, and with her a word we had been keeping.
She has a name now.

Born
14 July 2026A Tuesday morning
At
10:00 AMas the day was beginning
Weighing
2.350 kgsmall enough to fit in two hands

Her name is

કૃષ્ણવી

Krushnavi


krush·NA·vee  ·  Sanskrit, feminine.
Beloved of Krishna — she who draws every heart.

Where it comes from

A promise, three thousand years old

We did not invent her name.
We borrowed his.

In the Gita, Krishna makes one promise to everyone who holds him close: what they lack, he carries; what they have, he keeps safe. Her name begins with his.

અનન્યાશ્ચિન્તયન્તો માં યે જનાઃ પર્યુપાસતે।
તેષાં નિત્યાભિયુક્તાનાં યોગક્ષેમં વહામ્યહમ્॥

ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate
teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham

“Those who keep me in their heart, undivided — what they lack, I carry to them. What they have, I protect.”

Bhagavad Gita · 9.22

From that keeper, one name: કૃષ્ણ.
From his name, hers.

What it carries

Three pieces

Sanskrit builds meaning by stacking. Her name is assembled, not chosen at random — take it apart and you can read the whole wish.

કૃષ્ kṛṣ

To draw close

The root itself: to pull, to attract. The quiet power that brings every heart nearer.

કૃષ્ણ kṛṣṇa

The all-attractive

Dark as a monsoon cloud, and beautiful for it — the one no heart can refuse.

વી

And she is a girl

The feminine ending that takes his name and makes it entirely, only hers.

Put back together: the one who draws every heart, and is carried by his.

For the record

The morning she arrived

Born
14 July 2026A Tuesday morning
At
10:00 AMas the day was beginning
Weighing
2.350 kgsmall enough to fit in two hands

May she draw every heart she meets,
and may he always carry hers.

Welcome, Krushnavi