Entry № 608 · Sanskrit origin

Ananta Ananta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-NAHN-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Infinite / eternal (Sanskrit + foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "infinite / eternal (sanskrit + foundational)".

Ananta is from the Sanskrit Anantā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Ananta is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Anantā infinite eternal endless + Sanskrit an- not + anta end + foundational central in Hindu heritage + foundational central Ananta foundational-central-Śeṣa-Nāga cosmic-serpent with-thousand-hoods reclining-bed of Vishnu in Kṣīra-Sāgara ocean-of-milk + foundational central Ananta-Śayana Vishnu-reclining-on-Ananta iconography + foundational central Ananta-Padmanābha at Trivandrum Kerala foundational-central-Sri-Vaishnava-shrine Padmanabhaswamy Temple + foundational central Ananta-Chaturdashi Bhadrapada-Shukla-Chaturdashi 14-day-vow ending-Ganesh-Chaturthi festival + foundational central Ananta-Vasudeva Vishnus-cosmic-form + foundational central Balarama-avatar of Ananta-Śeṣa in Mahabharata + foundational central in Vishnu Sahasranama name-659 Ananta + foundational pan-Vaishnava heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.

Infinite / eternal (Sanskrit + foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Sanskrit Anantā infinite eternal endless + Sanskrit an- not + anta end + foundational central in Hindu heritage + foundational central Ananta foundational-central-Śeṣa-Nāga cosmic-serpent with-thousand-hoods reclining-bed of Vishnu in Kṣīra-Sāgara ocean-of-milk + foundational central Ananta-Śayana Vishnu-reclining-on-Ananta iconography + foundational central Ananta-Padmanābha at Trivandrum Kerala foundational-central-Sri-Vaishnava-shrine Padmanabhaswamy Temple + foundational central Ananta-Chaturdashi Bhadrapada-Shukla-Chaturdashi 14-day-vow ending-Ganesh-Chaturthi festival + foundational central Ananta-Vasudeva Vishnus-cosmic-form + foundational central Balarama-avatar of Ananta-Śeṣa in Mahabharata + foundational central in Vishnu Sahasranama name-659 Ananta + foundational pan-Vaishnava heritage

The name in its native script.

अनन्ता
Transliteration
Anantā
Pronunciation
/ əˈnɑːn.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ananta stands.

Ananta 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.

Anantas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ananta Shesha-Naga 1000 hoods Vishnu Kshira-Sagara / Ananta-Shayana reclining / Ananta-Padmanabha Trivandrum Kerala Padmanabhaswamy / Ananta-Chaturdashi Bhadrapada-Shukla-Chaturdashi 14 days Ganesh Chaturthi / Balarama avatar / Vishnu Sahasranama 659
Sanskrit infinite eternal endless + an- not + anta end + Ananta Śeṣa-Nāga thousand-hoods Vishnu Kṣīra-Sāgara + Ananta-Śayana + Ananta-Padmanābha Trivandrum Kerala Padmanabhaswamy + Ananta-Chaturdashi Bhadrapada-Shukla-Chaturdashi 14-day Ganesh-Chaturthi + Ananta-Vasudeva + Balarama-avatar Ananta-Śeṣa + Vishnu Sahasranama name-659
Ananta Shesha

Names connected to Ananta.

The number behind Ananta.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ananta reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.