MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ananda mean?
Sanskrit ananda denotes joy or bliss. Vedanta uses the word for spiritual happiness as an attribute of ultimate reality. Ananda is also the name of Gautama Buddha's close disciple and attendant.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आनंद
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಆನಂದ
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಆನಂದಾ
498 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ananda in Indian usage
2,030 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 724 records (35.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,306 records (64.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 220 |
| 1950s | 342 |
| 1960s | 527 |
| 1970s | 438 |
| 1980s | 283 |
| Other decades | 220 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 869 |
| Karnataka | 665 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 308 |
| Other states | 188 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Ananda ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, ānanda, p. 139,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.