What does the name Kanai mean?

Kanai means "Lord Krishna; the dark-complexioned one". It is a boy's name of Bengali origin.

Kanai

Kanai means Lord Krishna; the dark-complexioned one.

Gender	boy
Origin	Bengali
Language	Bengali
Starts with	K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Lord Krishna; the dark-complexioned one”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Gauri — Goddess Parvati, fair complexioned
Sweta — White, pure; fair-complexioned
Shyam — Dark complexioned, a beloved name for Lord Krishna
Syamala — Dark-complexioned, beautiful, Goddess
Gaurang — Lord Chaitanya; fair-complexioned
Pandurang — Lord Vitthal of Pandharpur, fair complexioned

More boys' names of Bengali origin

Arnab — Ocean, sea; vast and deep
Abir — Color, fragrance
Gourab — Glory, pride, honor; great achievement
Souvik — A good place; auspicious place or thing
Mithun — Union, pairing; the zodiac Gemini
Rajdeep — Light of the kingdom; lamp of royalty

Where this comes from

Kanai has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.