Nanda

See also: nanda

English

Etymology 1

From Burmese နန္ဒာ (nanda).

Proper noun

Nanda (plural Nandas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nanda is the 23054^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1109 individuals. Nanda is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (86.83%) individuals.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit सुन्दरी नन्दा (sundarī nandā) or Pali Sundarī Nandā.

Proper noun

Nanda

1. (Buddhism) The half-sister of Gautama Buddha.

Translations

half-sister of Gautama Buddha

• Burmese: သုန္ဒရီနန္ဒာ (sunda.rinanda), နန္ဒာ (nanda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孫陀利難陀／孙陀利难陀

• Japanese: 孫陀利難陀
• Korean: 손타리난타 (sontarinanta)
• Pali: Sundarī Nandā
• Sanskrit: सुन्दरीनन्दा (sundarīnandā)
• Vietnamese: 孫陀利難陀

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit सुन्दरनन्द (sundarananda) or Pali Sundarananda.

Proper noun

Nanda

1. (Buddhism) The half-brother of Gautama Buddha.

Translations

half-brother of Gautama Buddha

• Burmese: သုန္ဒရနန္ဒ (sunda.ra.nanda.), နန္ဒ (nanda.), နန္ဒထေရ် (nanda.hter)
• Japanese: 孫陀羅難陀
• Sinhalese: නන්ද (nanda)
• Thai: พระนันทะ

Anagrams

• Adnan, Anand, Danna, danna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ

Proper noun

Nanda

1. a diminutive of the female given name Fernanda

Related terms

• Nando