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- Latin · derived fromAmanda
- English todayAmanda
Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.