Nandana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nun-DAH-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Nandana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “delighting, gladdening”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nandana mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit nandana 'delighting'
“delighting, gladdening”
From Sanskrit nandana, meaning delighting; Nandana is also the garden of the god Indra in Hindu myth.
Is Nandana a girl's or a boy's name?
Nandana is a girls' name.
How popular is Nandana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nandana in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nandana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Nandana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nirvana, Arya, Avani, Akshara, Adhara, Navya, Prisha, Varnika, Anvika, Ishika, Avira, Nevaeh
Names related to Nandana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nandana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nandana, updated 20 October 2026.