Entry № 10120 · Sanskrit origin

Sunanda Sunanda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-NAHN-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Delighted (Krishna wife)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "delighted (krishna wife)".

Sunanda is from the Sanskrit Sunandā.

Delighted (Krishna wife) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सुनन्दा
Transliteration
Sunandā
Pronunciation
/ sʊˈnɑːn.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sunanda stands.

Sunanda 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.

Sunandas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sunanda wife of Sahadeva / Sunanda Pushkar
Sanskrit delighted joyful + Sunanda wife of Krishna + wife of Sahadeva Pandava in Mahabharata + Buddhist Jataka tales + Sunanda Pushkar 1962-2014 Indian businesswoman
Hindu epic

Names connected to Sunanda.

The number behind Sunanda.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sunanda reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.