Paramananda as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Paramananda

What is the meaning of the name Paramananda ?

The baby name Paramananda is a Male name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /pərəməˈnændə/; respelling: puh-ruh-MAH-nun-duh.

Paramananda is Sanskrit in Origin.

From Sanskrit paramá “supreme” + ānanda “bliss,” Paramananda means “supreme bliss” or “highest joy,” an epithet in Vedanta and bhakti literature for the beatitude of Brahman. The name appears across Indic languages (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil) and is often written with or without diacritics: Paramānanda, Paramananda; regional forms include Paramanand (Northern India), Paramnanda, and the South Indian Paramanandam. Related short forms are Param and Anand.

Used for centuries by Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain renunciants as a spiritual monastic name, it also occurs as a lay masculine given name signifying serene, transcendent happiness. A notable bearer is Swami Paramananda (1884–1940), a Ramakrishna Order monk who brought Vedanta teaching to the United States. Today the name retains a devotional, philosophical aura while feeling traditional and dignified; variant spellings allow easy adaptation to different scripts and languages.