Anuradha

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

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Usages: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Sinhalese

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Transcription: अनुराधा(Hindi, Marathi) অনুরাধা(Bengali) అనూరాధా(Telugu) ಅನುರಾಧಾ(Kannada) அனுராதா(Tamil) അനുരാധ(Malayalam) අනුරාධ(Sinhala)

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Meaning: From Sanskrit अनुराध (anuradha) meaning "causing welfare, causing happiness". This is also the name of the seventeenth lunar mansion (nakshatra) in Hindu astrology. It is solely feminine in India while it is sometimes used as a masculine name in Sri Lanka.

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- https://forebears.io/forenames/anuradha
- https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/anuradha#sanskrit (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_(nakshatra) (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_(name) (in English)
- Anuradha Paudwal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Paudwal (in English)
- Anuradha Ghandy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Ghandy (in English)
- Anuradha Patel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Patel (in English)
- Anuradha Bhat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Bhat (in English)
- Anuradha Biswal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Biswal (in English)
- Anuradha Yahampath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Yahampath (in English)
- Anuradha Cooray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Cooray (in English)
- Anuradha Seneviratna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Seneviratna (in English)
- Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Dullewe_Wijeyeratne (in English)
- Anuradha Jayaratne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_Jayaratne (in English)

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(Information from name #287676 originally submitted by user highexpectasians)