Entry № 7189 · Sanskrit origin

Nanda Nanda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAHN-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Joy / Krishnas foster father"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "joy / krishnas foster father".

Nanda is from the Sanskrit Nandā.

Joy / Krishnas foster father — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नन्दा
Transliteration
Nandā
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑːn.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nanda stands.

Nanda does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nandas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nanda Krishnas foster father Gokul / Nanda Dynasty Magadha / Nanda Devi 7816m UNESCO 1988
Sanskrit joy delight + Nanda Krishnas-foster-father chief-of-Gokul husband-of-Yashoda + Nanda-Gopa + Nandagrāma modern Nandgaon + Nanda Dynasty Magadha ~4th c. BCE preceding Mauryan + Nandā Devi Uttarakhand + Nandā Devi 7816m + UNESCO 1988
Krishna + Nanda

Names connected to Nanda.

The number behind Nanda.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nanda reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.