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Opinion please on baby girl name- Ananda:)

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KristinaM1 · 27/04/2017 14:57

Dear Mummies and Mummies to be, please let me know what your thoughts are about the girl's name Ananda? We really like the meaning of it with my partner, it means "ultimate bliss" in sanskrit. We are thinking of giving two surnames with the main surname being Adams. Thank you for your opinions!

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DejaVuDieter · 28/04/2017 22:42

I knew an Ananda and she was lovely. It's a lovely name.

Ojoj1974 · 28/04/2017 22:39

Simply looks like you spelt Amanda incorrectly....

Blissful1 · 28/04/2017 07:54

Thank you very much to all of you once again for such a wide array of opinions!

optionalrationale · 28/04/2017 06:32

It should be pronounced with a long "ah" sound at the beginning... short "a" at the end. So that might avoid confusion with Amanda. But then I guess people writing it down might assume wrongly that it is spelled "Arnanda".

In which case, you may as well just call her Perdita.

Anyway, if you're not Indian, giving her a Sanskrit name (which is beautiful btw) would be imperialistic, cultural appropriation.

Oblomov17 · 28/04/2017 06:29

It's a mis-spelling of Amanda. Or she'll spend her whole life correcting people who think it is. Please don't do it.

StripeyZazie · 28/04/2017 06:17

My maiden surname was very similar. The meaning is lovely "the indescribable bliss which is at the heart of life".

However, no-one ever knew how to spell it...Aman, Anan, Amand, Amend, Anand, Almond...it was annoying how often it was mis-spelt or mis-pronounced, even when I painstakingly went A for Apple, N for Normal etc

Gallavich · 28/04/2017 06:11

Please stop calling us mummies

That is all

NeonGod73 · 27/04/2017 19:42

Reminds me of anaconda.

Chavelita · 27/04/2017 19:41

I love it. There's a wonderful Irish Catholic-turned-Buddhist nun called Ananda in Jane Stevenson's 'The Colonel and Judy O'Grady.'

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 27/04/2017 19:39

Honestly it sounds like you can't say Amanda properly, sorry!! Also, ananda Adams sounds terrible to my ear. Too many As! Adeline is lovely tho as a PP suggested, met a beautiful baby called that the other day and thought it was gorgeous

Rockaby · 27/04/2017 19:35

I'm not mad about it tbh and, like pps, think she might have to say, "no, I'm Ananda with two ns", a lot in her lifetime!

How about Anastasia or Adeline?

harderandharder2breathe · 27/04/2017 18:42

Ananda looks like you can't spell Amanda but Anandi is nice

EpoxyResin · 27/04/2017 18:33

I don't like Ananda but I DO like Anandi.

vanrecovered · 27/04/2017 18:28

I know a male ananda, I like the name.

Blissful1 · 27/04/2017 18:09

Thank you so much for your opinions!

namechange20050 · 27/04/2017 16:57

I know an Ananda. She's South African. I think it's quite popular over there.

memyselfandaye · 27/04/2017 16:57

Nandos

MadisonAvenue · 27/04/2017 16:53

She'll always be correcting people who think she's called Amanda.

DalaHorse · 27/04/2017 16:49

everyone will call her Amanda. That is all!

QuietNameChange · 27/04/2017 16:41

Daft?

That's really rude imo.
However, isn't Ananda the masculine form? And Anandi the feminine? I may be wrong, btw.

sunnysouthend · 27/04/2017 16:34

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Ktown · 27/04/2017 16:13

I know a couple of males called anand. I don't know any anandas though.

sonlypuppyfat · 27/04/2017 16:12

It's daft

tobee · 27/04/2017 16:10

Sadly it makes me think of chicken restaurants.

2014newme · 27/04/2017 15:59

Will alwaysbe clarification that it isn't Amanda