Angad is a Sanskrit name meaning "armlet" or "bracelet worn on the upper arm", an ornament of warriors; in the Ramayana Angad is the brave son of the monkey king Vali, and Guru Angad was the second of the ten Sikh Gurus, which makes the name especially meaningful to Sikh families. In the United States Angad ranked number 6871 in 2000, climbed to number 2238 in 2024 and stood at number 2605 in 2025 with 50 boys.