Amanda

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/əˈmændə/[əˈmɛəndə]

proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

OriginLatin Amanda →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper nounAmanda (countable and uncountable, plural Amandas)

plural Amandas

  1. countableuncountableA female given name from Latin.

    Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff.

    2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2025
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    O there is a sweet era in the life of man, when ( the brain being tender and fibrillous, and more like pap than anything else ) - a story read of two fond lovers, separated from each other by cruel parents, and by still more cruel destiny - Amandus - He Amanda - She - each ignorant of the other's course.

    1767 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy: Book VII, Chapter 31

    Sue always thought of her offspring as Amanda. Allowing her to name the child had been one of the last indulgences that Brian had seen fit to bestow. Even then he had not the generosity to conceal his displeasure at her choice. Pretentious. Snobbish. Affected. The baby had been 'Mandy' from the day of her birth and, once Brian had really got the hang of high-rise/comprehensive linguistic mores, 'Mand'.

    1994, Caroline Graham, Written in Blood, page 35
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA township in Allen County, Ohio.
    2. countableuncountableA township and village therein, in Fairfield County, Ohio.
    3. countableuncountableA township in Hancock County, Ohio.

Origin

  1. LatinAmanda
  2. EnglishAmanda

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.

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Translations

Bulgarian Ама́нда
  • Ама́нда (Amánda)female given name
Danish Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Finnish Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
French Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
German Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Greek Αμάντα
  • Αμάντα (Amánta)female given name
Italian Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Norwegian Bokmål Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Polish Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Portuguese Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Russian Ама́нда
  • Ама́нда (Amánda)female given name
Spanish Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name
Swedish Amanda
  • Amandafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Amanda

RwandapandaMirandaverandadandaMirfandapandar
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Anagrams

Maanda
Cite this entry
APA

Amanda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amanda

MLA

“Amanda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amanda. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Amanda,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amanda.

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