Ananda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A Pacceka Buddha of ninety-one kappas ago; four Pacceka Buddhas bore this name
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ənandə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ananda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. In Thailand it is the 42nd most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 3.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- THThailand≈1 in 922as อนันต์
- LKSri Lanka≈1 in 2.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ananda itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 351 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈82,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sri Lanka, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
13 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Anan in ID Indonesia, CN China and อนันต์ in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A Pacceka Buddha of ninety-one kappas ago; four Pacceka Buddhas bore this name. Ap.i.227; M.iii.70; MA.i.890.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ananda, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ananda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈82,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | listed | Anan | 83 |
| TH Thailand | #42 | ≈75,000 est. | ≈1 in 922 | #150,191 | อนันต์ | 151 |
| CN China | — | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Anan | 18 |
| BR Brazil | — | 17,323 | 1 in 12K | 17K | Ananda | 34 |
| BD Bangladesh | #869 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Ananda | 38 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #180 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Ananda | 51 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Ananda | 27 |
| GY Guyana | — | 485as Anand | 1 in 1.5K | 485 | Ananda | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ananda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Korean, One of the two nahan (disciples of the Buddha), often placed in temple hall statue groups.
as a nameKorea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
a Satya Deva (P); Balarama _ (N);
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
In English, Person listed in index.
as a nameKorea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary
In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
bliss
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ananda Coomaraswamyb. 1877LKSri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)
- Ananda Samarakoonb. 1911LKSri Lankan musician (1911–1962)
- Ananda Krishnanb. 1938MYMalaysian businessman
- Ananda Mohan Chakrabartyb. 1938INIndian-American microbiologist (1938-2020)
- Ananda Shankarb. 1942INIndian musician (1942–1999)
- Ananda Devib. 1957MUMauritian writer
- Ananda Mikolab. 1980IDIndonesian racing driver
- Ananda Faturrahmanb. 1980IDIndonesian actress and model
- Ananda Everinghamb. 1982THThai actor
- Ananda Omeshb. 1986IDIndonesian television presenter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 68 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 17K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 17K | #1,165 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 13K | #1,804 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 1.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 91 | #1,165 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 25 | #569 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Ananda come from?
- A Pacceka Buddha of ninety-one kappas ago; four Pacceka Buddhas bore this name. Ap.i.227; M.iii.70; MA.i.890. Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).
- What does the name Ananda mean?
- Recorded meaning: A Pacceka Buddha of ninety-one kappas ago; four Pacceka Buddhas bore this name.
- What are other forms of the name Ananda?
- In the etymology graph, Anandi is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Ananda?
- A machine transcription gives /ənandə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Ananda a male or female name?
- Ananda is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Ananda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 82 thousand people named Ananda in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anan.
- How common is the name Ananda?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 17,323 people named Ananda in 2022, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Ananda compared with other names?
- In Thailand, Ananda is the 42nd most common given name of 488,147 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/anandaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ananda” — the 42nd most common given name in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.