Anoma

given name · Latin script

Meaning: One of the two chief disciples of Anomadassī Buddha; preached to Sarada-tāpasa (J.i.36; BuA.145; DhA.i.88ff.)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɑnoʊmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Anoma is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • THThailand≈1 in 50Kas อโนมา(inferred from the name graph)
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 2.4K
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 20K

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 Anoma 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.

Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,700 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
67 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Sri Lanka, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AnomaLatin(measured from records)
อโนมาThai(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled อโนมา 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)

One of the two chief disciples of Anomadassī Buddha; preached to Sarada-tāpasa (J.i.36; BuA.145; DhA.i.88ff.).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Anoma 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.

Where Anoma is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LK Sri Lanka#334≈9,700 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Anoma39
TH Thailand—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 50K—อโนมา62
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈670 est.≈1 in 41K427——
NG Nigeria—≈150 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Anoma15
KW Kuwait—≈150 est.≈1 in 20K—Anoma5
SE Sweden—191 in 537K19—2
BH Bahrain—≈17 est.≈1 in 88K—Anoma4

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: nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Anoma is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Anōmā

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Anoma 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 pi, Ascetic of great power in Piyadassī Buddha’s time; later Hemaka Thera (Ap.ii.351.4).

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • In pi, King of Jambudīpa fifty kappas ago; previous birth of Bakkula Thera (Ap.i.329).

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • In pi, The city in whose park Atthadassī preached his first sermon (Bu.xv.18).

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • In pi, Township in the time of Sumana Buddha; residence of Anupamā (BuA.125).

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • In pi, Pleasaunce in Khema where Tissa Buddha was born (BuA.188).

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

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)

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)

InformalHi Anoma,

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 11 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Anoma
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CI Côte d’Ivoirenomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies—427#1,145

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 Anoma mean, and where does it come from?
One of the two chief disciples of Anomadassī Buddha; preached to Sarada-tāpasa (J.i.36; BuA.145; DhA.i.88ff.). Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).
How do you pronounce Anoma?
A machine transcription gives /ɑnoʊmə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Anoma a male or female name?
Anoma is a female 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 Anoma have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.7 thousand people named Anoma in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anoma.
How common is the name Anoma?
In Sweden, the national register counted 19 people named Anoma, about 1 in 537 thousand residents.
How common is Anoma compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, Anoma is the 334th most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.

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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, “Anoma” — the 334th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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