Here is the wiki entry about him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda
It means bliss in Pali and Sanskrit.
It was also the one of the names of a Thai king:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Mahidol
There's a male actor by this name who is of Laotian heritage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Everingham