Ananda
Ananda is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, India and Sri Lanka
- US records 1880–2017
- 91 male / 1,563 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Ananda
If you do not know Ananda’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Ananda,” in English, “Guten Tag Ananda,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Ananda,
German
Guten Tag Ananda,
French
Bonjour Ananda,
Spanish
Estimado/a Ananda:
Chinese
Ananda您好：
Japanese
Ananda様
English
Hi Ananda,
German
Hi Ananda,
French
Salut Ananda,
Spanish
Hola Ananda,
Chinese
Ananda你好：
Japanese
Anandaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| India and Sri Lanka | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
91 male · 1,563 female · 1,654 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Ananda a male or female name?
Ananda is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Ananda in an email?
If you do not know Ananda’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Ananda,” in English, “Guten Tag Ananda,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Ananda a unisex name?
Ananda is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Ananda a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/ananda. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_ananda,
title = {Is Ananda a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/ananda},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}