Nandana
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nandana is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthi and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc.
- USUnited States1 in 157Kas Nandini(measured from records)
- JPJapan≈1 in 1.5M
- GYGuyana1 in 7.4Kas Nandani
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 Nandana 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.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 225 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5M (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,300 named Nandini, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Nandini in US United States, ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia and 5 more.
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 devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthi and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc. The Buddha answered them, and he went away satisfied.’
Sources 1
- Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nandana 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 49K | listed | Nandini | 15 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 96K | listed | Nandini | 67 |
| US United States | 2,123as Nandini | 1 in 157K | 2.1K | Nandini | 225 |
| CN China | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 727K | — | Nandini | 6 |
| AO Angola | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Nandini | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Nandini | 21 |
| SG Singapore | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Nandini | 24 |
| GY Guyana | 101as Nandani | 1 in 7.4K | 101 | — | — |
| JP Japan | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Nandini | 6 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; 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)
Nandana is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
rejoicing; gladdening. a son; a type of temple.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
In dag, 1. a poor person ba 2. a pauper
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
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)
- Nandana Gunathilakeb. 1962LKSri Lankan politician
- Nandana Senb. 1967USAmerican actress
- Nandana Mihindukulasooriyab. 1983LKcomputer science researcher from Sri Lanka
- Nandana Sureshb. 2008GBbadminton player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 207 | #34,922 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 25 | #34,922 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 7 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- What does the name Nandana mean?
- Recorded meaning: A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthi and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc.
- Where does the name Nandana come from?
- A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthi and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc. The Buddha answered them, and he went away satisfied.’ Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H).
- In which country does Nandana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Nandini in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Nandana?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,123 people named Nandini in 2020, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
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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, “Nandana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.