Amanda

Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone."^[1]^[2] Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken.

Amanda
Origin
Pronunciation	/əˈmændə/ ə-MAN-də
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Latin
Meaning	“she who must (or is fit to) be loved”; "beautiful”; "deserving to be loved"; "beloved".
Other names
See also	Amandine Amy Mandy Manda

"Amanda" comes from ama- (the stem of the Latin verb amare, "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (-nda). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”.

The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' [Paul. Nol. Epist. 44.4].^[3]

In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a birth record from Warwickshire, England, and five centuries later the name was popularized by poets and playwrights.^[4] In the United States, "Amanda" slowly became more prominent from the 1930s to the 1960s, ranking among the top 200 baby names.^[4]

From 1976 to 1995, "Amanda" ranked in the ten most popular female baby names in the United States. The name was most popular from 1978 to 1992, when it ranked in the top four.^{[citation needed]} At its prime, in 1980, it was the second most popular. In 2009, "Amanda" ranked number 166. It was ranked among the top ten names given to girls born in Puerto Rico in 2009. The name has also recently been popular in Sweden, where it ranked twentieth for girls born in 2009, down five places from the year 2008. It is also popular in Swedish-speaking families in Finland, where it ranked among the top ten names for girls born to this demographic group.^{[citation needed]}

People edit

A edit

Amanda Abbington (born 1974), English actress
Amanda Adams (born 1976), American archaeologist and author
Amanda Aday (born 1981), American actress
Amanda L. Aikens (1833–1892), American editor and philanthropist
Amanda Alcantara, Dominican–American activist and writer
Amanda Aldridge (1866–1956), English opera singer and teacher
Amanda Alfaro (born 2001), Costa Rican swimmer
Amanda Allen (born 2005), Canadian soccer player
Amanda Ammar (born 1986), Canadian skier
Amanda Andradóttir (born 2003), Icelandic soccer player
Amanda Anisimova (born 2001), Russian–American tennis player
Amanda Annan (born 1982), Ghanaian–English actress, entrepreneur, model and writer
Amanda Ansell (born 1976), English artist
Amanda Araújo (born 1990), Brazilian rugby player
Amanda Asay (1988–2022), Canadian baseball and ice hockey player
Amanda Auchter (born 1977), American professor and writer
Amanda Austin (1859–1917), American painter and sculptor
Amanda Ayala (born 1997), American singer, songwriter and musician

B edit

Amanda Baker (born 1979), American actress
Amanda Balionis (born 1985), American sports journalist
Amanda Balon (born 1997), American actress and dancer
Amanda Banton (born 1970), Australian lawyer
Amanda Barnes (born 1966), British Embroidery Artist
Amanda Barr (born 1982), English soccer player
Amanda Barrie (born 1935), English actress
Amanda Barusch, New Zealand academic
Amanda Basica (born 1978), American tennis player
Amanda Bateman (born 1996), Australian rower
Amanda Batten (born 1979), American politician
Amanda Bauer (born 1979), American astronomer
Amanda Bayer, American economist
Amanda Beard (born 1981), American swimmer
Amanda Bearse (born 1958), American actress, comedian and director
Amanda Bell (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
Amanda Bennett (born 1952), American author and journalist
Amanda Berenguer (1921–2010), Uruguayan poet
Amanda Bergman, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter
Amanda Billing (born 1976), New Zealand actress
Amanda Billings (born 1986), Canadian figure skater
Amanda Bingson (born 1990), American track and field athlete
Amanda Black, New Zealand soil chemist
Amanda Black (born 1993), South African singer and songwriter
Amanda Black, Northern Irish epidemiologist
Amanda Blake (1929–1989), American actress
Amanda Blank (born 1983), American rapper
Amanda Bloor (born 1962), English Anglican priest
Amanda Blumenherst (born 1986), American golfer
Amanda Borden (born 1977), American gymnast
Amanda Bouldin (born 1984), American politician
Amanda Boulier (born 1993), American ice hockey player
Amanda Boxer (born 1948), English actress
Amanda Boyden, American novelist
Amanda Bradford, American marine mammal biologist
Amanda Brailsford, American judge
Amanda Bresnan (born 1971), Australian politician
Amanda Broderick (born 1971), English academic and administrator
Amanda Brooks (born 1981), American actress
Amanda Brotchie, Australian director and writer
Amanda Browder (born 1976), American installation artist
Amanda Brugel (born 1978), Canadian actress
Amanda Brundage (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
Amanda Brunker (born 1974), Irish columnist, journalist and novelist
Amanda Budden (born 1994), Irish soccer player
Amanda Burden (born 1944), American urban planner
Amanda Burton (born 1956), Northern Irish actress
Amanda Busick (born 1986), American sports reporter
Amanda Junquera Butler (1898–1986), Spanish writer
Amanda Butler (born 1972), American basketball coach and player
Amanda Bynes (born 1986), American actress
Amanda Byram (born 1973), Irish television presenter

C edit

Amanda Cajander (1827–1871), Finnish deaconess
Amanda Cappelletti (born 1986), American lawyer and politician
Amanda Carpenter (born 1982), American author and political commentator
Amanda Mildred Carr (born 1990), Thai BMX cyclist
Amanda Carter (born 1964), Australian wheelchair basketball player
Amanda Cassatt (born 1991), American entrepreneur and journalist
Amanda Castro (1962–2010), Honduran poet
Amanda Cerny (born 1991), American internet personality and model
Amanda Chase (born 1969), American politician
Amanda Chetwynd, British mathematician and statistician
Amanda Chidester (born 1990), American softball player
Amanda Chudoba (born 1990), Canadian trap shooter
Amanda Cinalli (born 1986), American soccer player
Amanda Clapham (born 1990), English actress
Amanda Clayton (born 1981), American actress
Amanda Clement (1888–1971), American baseball umpire
Amanda Coetzer (born 1971), South African tennis player
Amanda Coker (born 1992), American cyclist
Amanda Coneo (born 1996), Colombian volleyball player
Amanda Congdon (born 1981), American video blogger
Amanda Conner, American comics artist
Amanda Conway (born 1997), American ice hockey player
Amanda Coogan (born 1971), Irish performance artist
Amanda Lindsey Cook (born 1984), Canadian christian musician
Amanda Cooper (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
Amanda Coplin, American novelist
Amanda Cottreau, Canadian singer and songwriter
Amanda Crew (born 1986), Canadian actress
Amanda Cromwell (born 1970), American soccer coach and player
Amanda Curtis (born 1979), American politician

D edit

Amanda DaCosta (born 1989), American–born Portuguese soccer player
Amanda Demme, American photographer
Amanda Díaz, Puerto Rican beauty queen
Amanda Dobbs (born 1993), American figure skater
Amanda Doman (born 1977), Australian softball player
Amanda Donohoe (born 1962), English actress
Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), American writer
Amanda Dowe (born 1991), American basketball player
Amanda Downum (born 1979), American author
Amanda Drew (born 1969), English actress
Amanda Dudamel (born 1999), Venezuelan beauty queen, fashion designer, model and philanthropist
Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899), American poet

E edit

Amanda Ebeye (born 1986), Nigerian actress and model
Amanda Eccleston (born 1990), American middle-distance runner
Amanda Edgren (born 1993), Swedish soccer player
Amanda Edwards, American attorney and politician
Amanda Eliasch (born 1960), English artist, photographer and poet
Amanda Elwes (born 1964), English actress
Amanda Evora (born 1984), American figure skater

F edit

Amanda Farías (born 1989), American politician
Amanda Farrugia (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
Amanda Favier (born 1979), French violinist
Amanda Fazio (born 1954), Australian politician
Amanda Ferguson (born 1967), English fencer
Amanda Figueras (born 1978), Spanish journalist
Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967), French–American novelist
Amanda Fink (born 1986), American tennis player
Amanda Fisher, English cell biologist
Amanda Folsom (born 1979), American mathematician
Amanda Fondell (born 1994), Swedish singer
Amanda Fortier (born 1978), Canadian skier
Amanda Fosang, Australian biomedical researcher
Amanda Freitag (born 1972), American author and chef
Amanda Fuller (born 1984), American actress

G edit

Amanda Gailey (born 1976), American academic and political activist
Amanda Garner (born 1985), Australian ballroom dancer
Amanda Gates (born 1986), Canadian curler
Amanda Gefter (born 1980), American writer
Amanda Ghost (born 1974), English music executive, singer and songwriter
Amanda Glover (born 1970), English beach volleyball player
Amanda González (born 1979), Spanish field hockey player
Amanda Goodman, American actress and voice artist
Amanda Gorman (born 1998), American activist and poet
Amanda Grace, American singer and songwriter
Amanda Grahame (born 1979), Australian tennis player
Amanda Griffin (born 1979), Filipino–English model and television presenter
Amanda Grosserode (born 1975), American politician
Amanda Grunfeld (born 1967), English tennis player
Amanda Gutierres (born 2001), Brazilian soccer player

H edit

Amanda Hale (born 1982), British actress
Amanda K. Hale, Canadian writer
Amanda Hamilton (born 1974), Scottish broadcaster, businesswoman and nutritionist
Amanda Hardy (born 1971), Australian badminton player
Amanda Harkimo (born 1990), Finnish disk jockey
Amanda Harlech (born 1958), English creative consultant and writer
Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917), American author and literary critic
Amanda Harris (born 1963), Australian–born English actress
Amanda Harrison (born 1974), Australian actress and singer
Amanda Havard (born 1986), American writer
Amanda Hearst (born 1984), American fashion model and socialite
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger, American politician
Amanda Hendrick (born 1990), Scottish model
Amanda Hendrix (born 1968), American planetary scientist
Amanda Heng (born 1951), Singaporean artist and curator
Amanda Herbert (born 1943), British cytopathologist and histopathologist
Amanda Hess, American journalist
Amanda Hesser (born 1972), American author and writer
Amanda Hickey (1838–1894), American surgeon
Amanda Hillwood (born 1957), English actress
Amanda Hocking (born 1984), American writer
Amanda Hodgkinson (born 1965), English novelist
Amanda Holden (born 1971), English actress and singer
Amanda Holiday (born 1964), Sierra Leonean–English artist and poet
Amanda Hollis-Brusky, American scholar
Amanda Hopmans (born 1976), Dutch tennis player
Amanda Houston (born 1980), English weather presenter
Amanda Howard (born 1973), Australian author and writer
Amanda Howe, British doctor
Amanda Husberg (1940–2021), American composer

I edit

Amanda Ilestedt (born 1993), Swedish soccer player

J edit

Amanda Jackson (born 1985), Armenian–American basketball player
Amanda James (born 1960), British swimmer
Amanda Jamieson (born 1997), New Zealand racing cyclist
Amanda Jelks (born 1986), American actress
Amanda Jenssen (born 1988), Swedish singer and songwriter
Amanda Jetter (born 1994), American artistic gymnast
Amanda Johnston (born 1977), American poet
Amanda Joy, Canadian actress, comedian, producer and writer

K edit

Amanda Keen (born 1978), English tennis player
Amanda Keller (born 1962), Australian actress, comedian, journalist, radio and television personality
Amanda Kelly (born 1982), Scottish kickboxer and mixed martial artist
Amanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920), Swedish novelist and playwright
Amanda Kernell (born 1986), Swedish director and screenwriter
Amanda Kessel (born 1991), American ice hockey player
Amanda Kloots (born 1982), American actress, dancer and fitness instructor
Amanda Knox (born 1987), American woman exonerated in Italy for the murder of Meredith Kercher
Amanda Kolczynski (born 1993), French handballer
Amanda Kotaja (born 1995), Finnish Paralympic athlete
Amanda Kotze (born 1986), South African sprinter
Amanda Kozak (born 1984), American beauty queen
Amanda Kramer (born 1961), American composer and touring musician
Amanda Kurtović (born 1991), Norwegian handballer

L edit

Amanda Labarca (1886–1975), Chilean diplomat, educator and writer
Amanda Laine (born 1992), Canadian model
Amanda Lamb (born 1972), English model, property expert and television presenter
Amanda Lang (born 1970), Canadian business journalist
Amanda Langlet (born 1967), French actress
Amanda Lassiter (born 1979), American basketball player
Amanda Lathlin (born 1976), Canadian politician
Amanda Lawrence (born 1971), English actress
Amanda Lear (born 1939), French actress, model, painter, singer, songwriter and television presenter
Amanda Leduc, Canadian writer
Amanda Leighton (born 1993), American actress
Amanda Lemos (born 1987), Brazilian mixed martial artist
Amanda Leveille (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
Amanda Levens (born 1979), American basketball coach
Amanda Lightfoot (born 1987), English biathlete
Amanda Lim (born 1993), Singaporean freestyle swimmer
Amanda Lind (born 1980), Swedish politician
Amanda Lindhout (born 1981), Canadian humanitarian, journalist and public speaker
Amanda Linnér (born 2001), Swedish golfer
Amanda Lipitz (born 1980), American director
Amanda Locke (born 1989), American softball player
Amanda Lohrey (born 1947), Australian novelist and writer
Amanda Lorenz (born 1997), American softball player
Amanda Lovelace (born 1991), American poet

M edit

Amanda Marshall (born 1972), Canadian singer
Amanda McGrory (born 1986), American wheelchair athlete
Amanda Mealing (born 1967), English actress, director and producer
Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American judge
Amanda Micheli, American filmmaker
Amanda Miguel (born 1956), Argentine singer
Amanda Milan (died 2000), American murder victim

N edit

Amanda Nunes (born 1988), Brazilian mixed martial artist

O edit

Amanda Obdam (born 1993), Thai actress and model
Amanda Overmyer (born 1984), American singer

P edit

Amanda Palmer (born 1976), American musician, singer and songwriter
Amanda Peet (born 1972), American actress
Amanda Perez (born 1980), American singer
Amanda Peterson (1971–2015), American actress
Amanda Petrusich (born 1980), American music journalist
Amanda Pilke (born 1990), Finnish actress
Amanda Plummer (born 1957), American actress

R edit

Amanda Randolph (1896–1967), American actress, musician and singer
Amanda Ratnayake (born 1990), Sri Lankan beauty queen and businesswoman
Amanda Rawles (born 2000), Indonesian actress, model and singer
Amanda Redman (born 1957), English actress
Amanda Reid (born 1996), Australian Paralympic cyclist and swimmer
Amanda Ribas (born 1993), Brazilian mixed martial artist
Amanda Righetti (born 1983), American actress
Amanda Rylander (1832–1920), Swedish actress

S edit

Amanda Sampedro (born 1993), Spanish soccer player
Amanda Schull (born 1978), American actress and ballet dancer
Amanda Seales (born 1981), American actress, comedian, recording artist and radio personality
Amanda Setton (born 1985), American actress
Amanda Seyfried (born 1985), American actress and singer
Amanda Puspanditaning Sejati (born 1990), Indonesian lecturer and writer
Amanda Shires (born 1982), American fiddler, singer and songwriter
Amanda Simpson (born 1961), businesswoman and politician, first openly transgender woman political appointee
Amanda Somerville (born 1979), American singer, songwriter and vocal coach
Amanda Stepto (born 1970), Canadian actress and disk jockey
Amanda Strang (born 1980), French actress, fashion model, singer and television presenter
Amanda Swenson (1852-1919, Swedish-born American soprano singer
Amanda Swisten (born 1978), American actress and model

T edit

Amanda Tapping (born 1965), English–born Canadian actress
Amanda Tenfjord (born 1997), Greek–Norwegian singer and songwriter
Amanda Tobin (born 1960), Australian tennis player

V edit

Amanda Vanstone (born 1952), Australian politician

W edit

Amanda Wakeley (born 1962), English fashion designer
Amanda Waring, English actress and campaigner
Amanda Weir (born 1986), American swimmer
Amanda Winn-Lee, American voice artist and writer

Fictional characters edit

Amanda, from the teen drama The Next Step
Amanda, from the Colley Cibber play Love's Last Shift and its sequel by John Vanbrugh, The Relapse
Amanda, from the Highlander franchise
Amanda Becker, from the teen parody Not Another Teen Movie
Amanda Beckett, from the teen romantic comedy Can't Hardly Wait
Amanda Bellows, from the ABC fantasy comedy I Dream of Jeannie
Amanda Benson, from the television movie Swindle
Amanda Bentley, the titular character from the Candice F. Ransom novel Amanda
Amanda Brotzman, from the BBC science fiction series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Amanda Buckman, from the supernatural black comedy Addams Family Values
Amanda Carrington, from the ABC soap opera Dynasty
Amanda Clarke, from ABC mystery drama Revenge
Helen "Amanda" Collins, from The CW action thriller Nikita
Amanda De Santa, from the video game Grand Theft Auto V
Amanda Grayson, mother of Spock from the Star Trek franchise
Amanda Harper, from the Escape Room franchise
Amanda Hunsaker, from the buddy cop action comedy Lethal Weapon
Amanda Killman, the main antagonist from the Nickelodeon animated slapstick comedy Bunsen Is a Beast
Amanda King, from the CBS drama Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Amanda Krueger, the mother of Freddy Krueger from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
Amanda LaRusso, the wife of Daniel LaRusso from the Netflix martial arts comedy Cobra Kai
Amanda Lockhart, a character from the novel series Kingdom Keepers.
Amanda Lopez, a character from the Disney XD tv series Milo Murphy's Law.
Amanda Dillon, from the ABC soap opera All My Children
Amanda Dunfrey, from the science fiction horror film The Mist
Amanda Prendergast, from the action film Falling Down
Amanda Rollins, from the NBC crime drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Amanda Rosewater, from the Syfy science fiction western Defiance
Amanda Sefton, from Marvel Comics
Amanda Tanen, from the ABC comedy drama Ugly Betty
Amanda Toad, from the video game Star Fox
Amanda Vale, from the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away
Amanda Valenciano Libre, from the video game Metal Gear
Amanda Vaughn, the main protagonist from the ABC comedy drama GCB
Amanda Waller, from DC Comics
Amanda Wingfield, from the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie
Amanda Woods, from the romantic comedy The Holiday
Amanda Woodward, from the Fox soap opera Melrose Place
Amanda Young, the accomplice of Jigsaw from the Saw franchise
Amanda Zimm, from the teen drama Ready or Not

References edit

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