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I currently work through lists of the most popular names in Chile and encountered the name Krishna ranking as a female name, with a quite surprising rank of 12 in 2001:
http://www.registrocivil.cl/Servicios/Estadisticas/Archivos/NombresComunes/damas.html

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Several sites on the Internet say that in this case the usually male name of the famous Indian deity is simply used as a female name.

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I'm sceptical. Usually male name of Indian deity ranking highly as a female name in a very Catholic country?

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Maybe the identical writing is just coincidence, and this Krishna is somehow shortened/altered from Christina or a similar female, Spanish and "Christian" name?

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Does anybody have details on this?

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