Anand

• Ananda was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama

Anand may refer to:

Meaning

Meanings include:

• Happy or Happiness

Given name

• Anand Agarawala, Canadian software programmer and creator of BumpTop
• Anand Lal Shimpi, founder and editor-in-chief of AnandTech
• Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand
• Anand Sahib, Sikh prayer composed by Guru Amardas Ji
• Anand Satyanand, Governor-General of New Zealand since August 2006
• Anand Sharma, Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry
• Anand Kumar, Mathematician from Bihar and Founder of Super 30
• Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster and current^[update] World Chess Champion

Surname

• Anand (writer), Indian writer; pseudonym of P. Satchidanandan
• B. K. Anand, Indian physiologist
• Chetan Anand (badminton) (born 1980), Indian badminton player
• Chetan Anand (director) (1915–1997), Bollywood personality
• Dev Anand, Hindi film actor and director; director Chetan Anand's younger brother
• J. Anand, Indian former racing car driver
• Mulk Raj Anand, Indian novelist, short-story writer, and art critic writing in English
• Vijay Anand (director), Tamil film director
• Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker), Bollywood filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor; brother of actor Dev Anand
• Vijay Anand (politician), Indian politician
• Mayank Anand, Indian actor, author, artist, designer. Debut novel: Love from the Sidelines.

Locations

• Anand, Gujarat, a town in Gujarat, India
• Anand district, Gujarat State, in western India

Cinema

• Anand (1971 film), a 1971 Bollywood film starring Rajesh Khanna
• Anand (2004 film), a 2004 Telugu film starring Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee
• Anand (1987 film), a 1987 Tamil film starring Prabhu Ganesan and Radha
• Anand (1986 film), a 1986 Kannada film starring Shivarajkumar