Anand

Where Anand comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, “joy, delight, pleasure”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Anand
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Peak, #1,227
    56 babies named Anand — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,488.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.