All around the world, อนันทา (Anantha 
, อนันทา 
) is a common unisex forename. The first name อนันทา is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare unisex name, United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare male name, and Bahrain. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and United Arab Emirates. Much less frequently, อนันทา is the last name as well as the forename.