What does the name Venkanna mean?

Venkanna means "Casual name of Venkateswara". It is a boy's name of Telugu origin.

Venkanna

Venkanna means Casual name of Venkateswara.

Gender	boy
Origin	Telugu
Language	Telugu
Starts with	V

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Casual name of Venkateswara”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Srinivas — Abode of Lakshmi, Venkateswara
Venkata — Name of a hill, Venkateswara
Balaji — Lord Venkateswara, the young lord
Venkat — Lord Venkateswara
Tirupathi — Lord of Tirupati, Venkateswara
Tirumala — Abode of Lord Venkateswara

More boys' names of Telugu origin

Venkatesh — Lord of the Venkata hill
Teja — Brilliance, radiance, strength
Vamsi — Flute, descendant
Chiranjeevi — Ever living, immortal
Prasad — Divine blessing, clarity
Raviteja — Brilliance of the sun

Where this comes from

Venkanna 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.