Given name & surname
Ananda
“one who brings happiness”
In Hindi use, Ananda carries the interpretation “one who brings happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hindi use, Ananda carries the interpretation “one who brings happiness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
How it developed
Ananda is used as a feminine counterpart of Anand.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ananda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,735
- 111 boys · 1,624 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 128 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 128 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,759 as a first name in 2020; 217 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ananda’s family of names
Ananda is a feminine form of Anand. Ananda has a related form in Anandah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ananda
- Ananda CoomaraswamySri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)
- Ananda DeviMauritian writerborn 1957
- Ananda KrishnanMalaysian businessman1938–2024
- Ananda MikolaIndonesian racing driverborn 1980
- Ananda ShankarIndian musician (1942–1999)
- Ananda SamarakoonSri Lankan musician (1911–1962)
- Ananda EveringhamThai actorborn 1982
- Ananda LewisAmerican television personality and activist1973–2025
- Ananda Mohan ChakrabartyIndian-American microbiologist (1938-2020)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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