Entry № 605 · Sanskrit origin

Ananda Ananda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-NAHN-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bliss"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "bliss".

Ananda is from the Sanskrit Ānanda.

Bliss — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

आनन्दा
Transliteration
Ānanda
Pronunciation
/ əˈnɑːn.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ananda stands.

Ananda does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Anandas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sat-Chit-Ānanda / Buddha disciple Ananda
Sanskrit bliss supreme joy + Sat-Chit-Ānanda Advaita Vedanta three attributes of Brahman + Taittiriya Upanishad 2.9 Ānandamaya kośa + Buddhas disciple Ānanda attendant 25 years
Hindu Buddhist

Names connected to Ananda.

The number behind Ananda.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ananda reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.