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Anda

What does Anda mean?

Anda Pronunciation of Anda as a name for girls is a Greek, Sanskrit and Old German name, and the name Anda means "man's defender; ultimate bliss; ready journey". Anda is an alternate spelling of Alexandra (Greek): Latinate feminine variant of Alexander. Anda is also a derivative of Ananda (Sanskrit): Hindi name. Anda is also used as a derivative of Fernanda (Old German).

STARTS/ENDS WITH An-, -da

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, defender

Variations

VARIANT Annda

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ALEXANDRA, ANANDA, FERNANDA Alandra, Aleka, Alex, Alexa, Ali, Alie, Alix, Alla, Alle, Alli, Ally, Lexa, Nanda, Sanda, Sande, Sandi, Sandra, Sandy, Sondra, Xandra, Zanda, Zandra, Zondra

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Anda Karsyn (A.K.), ..

How popular is Anda?

Anda is an unusual given name for women but a very prominent last name for all people (#34799 out of 150436, Top 23%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Anda (UNLISTED) are Alexa (#90 FROM RECENT DATA), Alexandra (#125), Fernanda (#492), Sandra (#975), Ally (#1274), Alex (#1332), Lexa (#1805), Ali (#1841), Alix, Alla, Alli, Ananda, Sandi, Sandy, Sondra and Zandra. Usage of these forms of Anda reached its apex during 1940-1949 (AVERAGE #1471) and has become significantly reduced since (#1495, 79.1% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Alexandra falling out of fashion. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alex, Alexa, Alexandra, Ali, Alix in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Alla, Alli, Ally, Ananda, Fernanda in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lexa, Sandi, Sandra, Sandy, Sondra, Zandra in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Alex, Alexa, Alexandra, Sandra outside U.S.

Similar Names

Anda is pronounced similarly to Andee, Andi, Andie, Andy, Enda, Inda, Indee, India, Indu, Indya, Wahnda, Wanda, Wandah, Wandy, Wannda, Wenda, Wendi, Wendy, Windy, Wohnda, Wonda and Wonnda. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ada, Adal, Adan, Adda, Addal (see Adalia), Ado, Ahuda, Aida, Aidan, Aide, Ala, Alda, Allda, Alma, Alya, Amada, Ana, Anat, Ande, Andra, Andre, Anet, Aneta, Ange, Ania, Anina, Anita, Anja, Anka, Anna, Annida, Anny, Anona, Anora, Antia, Anya, Anyu, Ara, Arda, Ardra, Asia, Auda, Audi, Ayda, Ayva, Beda, Cynda, Hinda, Lyda, Neda, Sada, Uda and Vonda. These names tend to be more commonly used than Anda.

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