Amanda

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See also: amanda

English

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amanda

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1767 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy: Book VII, Chapter 31:
      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.
    • 1994, Caroline Graham, Written in Blood, page 35:
      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'.

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Anagrams

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda c

  1. a female given name

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amanda

  1. a female given name
    • 1990, Tuula-Liina Varis, Vauvat yhdentyvät Eurooppaan, Suomen Kuvalehti, 30 (27.7.)1990:
      Koreita nimiä ku köyhän kakaroilla, sanottiin ennen. Köyhällä ei muuta koreata ollut lapselleen antaa. Itsellenikin on läheinen lounaissuomalainen maatyöläisen pesue, jossa suomalaisen nimen peräkaneettina vilisi Wilhelmiinaa, Aleksandraa ja Amandaa, jopa Dagmar. Suuresti epäilen, osasiko kumpikaan vanhemmista sitä lausua.
      Such rich names for such poor children, as we used to say. The only rich thing a poor person had was the name they could give ot their child. I knew very well a southwestern family living off the land, where their Finnish names were followed by Wilhelmina, Aleksandra, Amanda, even Dagmar. I have my doubts about whether either of the parents even could pronounce those correctly.
    • 1996, Raija Siekkinen, Kaunis nimi, Otava, →ISBN, pages 80–81:
      Mutta hän katseli tyttöä: kummallinen nimi, Siiri, vaikka vanhat nimet olivatkin muotia nykyisin, ja pienet Annit ja Amandat tappelivat muovileluista hiekkalaatikoissaan; mutta siihen sukupolveen tämä tyttö ei kuulunut.
      But she looked at the girl: odd name, Siiri, even if old names are in these days, and small Annis and Amandas fought over the plastic toys in their sandboxes; but this girl was not of that generation.

Declension

Inflection of Amanda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Amanda Amandat
genitive Amandan Amandojen
partitive Amandaa Amandoja
illative Amandaan Amandoihin
singular plural
nominative Amanda Amandat
accusative nom. Amanda Amandat
gen. Amandan
genitive Amandan Amandojen
Amandain rare
partitive Amandaa Amandoja
inessive Amandassa Amandoissa
elative Amandasta Amandoista
illative Amandaan Amandoihin
adessive Amandalla Amandoilla
ablative Amandalta Amandoilta
allative Amandalle Amandoille
essive Amandana Amandoina
translative Amandaksi Amandoiksi
abessive Amandatta Amandoitta
instructive Amandoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Amanda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Amandani Amandani
accusative nom. Amandani Amandani
gen. Amandani
genitive Amandani Amandojeni
Amandaini rare
partitive Amandaani Amandojani
inessive Amandassani Amandoissani
elative Amandastani Amandoistani
illative Amandaani Amandoihini
adessive Amandallani Amandoillani
ablative Amandaltani Amandoiltani
allative Amandalleni Amandoilleni
essive Amandanani Amandoinani
translative Amandakseni Amandoikseni
abessive Amandattani Amandoittani
instructive
comitative Amandoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Amandasi Amandasi
accusative nom. Amandasi Amandasi
gen. Amandasi
genitive Amandasi Amandojesi
Amandaisi rare
partitive Amandaasi Amandojasi
inessive Amandassasi Amandoissasi
elative Amandastasi Amandoistasi
illative Amandaasi Amandoihisi
adessive Amandallasi Amandoillasi
ablative Amandaltasi Amandoiltasi
allative Amandallesi Amandoillesi
essive Amandanasi Amandoinasi
translative Amandaksesi Amandoiksesi
abessive Amandattasi Amandoittasi
instructive
comitative Amandoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Amandamme Amandamme
accusative nom. Amandamme Amandamme
gen. Amandamme
genitive Amandamme Amandojemme
Amandaimme rare
partitive Amandaamme Amandojamme
inessive Amandassamme Amandoissamme
elative Amandastamme Amandoistamme
illative Amandaamme Amandoihimme
adessive Amandallamme Amandoillamme
ablative Amandaltamme Amandoiltamme
allative Amandallemme Amandoillemme
essive Amandanamme Amandoinamme
translative Amandaksemme Amandoiksemme
abessive Amandattamme Amandoittamme
instructive
comitative Amandoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Amandanne Amandanne
accusative nom. Amandanne Amandanne
gen. Amandanne
genitive Amandanne Amandojenne
Amandainne rare
partitive Amandaanne Amandojanne
inessive Amandassanne Amandoissanne
elative Amandastanne Amandoistanne
illative Amandaanne Amandoihinne
adessive Amandallanne Amandoillanne
ablative Amandaltanne Amandoiltanne
allative Amandallenne Amandoillenne
essive Amandananne Amandoinanne
translative Amandaksenne Amandoiksenne
abessive Amandattanne Amandoittanne
instructive
comitative Amandoinenne

Statistics

  • Amanda is the 129th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,493 female individuals (and as a middle name to 17,985 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 7 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

See various people named “Amanda” on the Indonesian Wikipedia:

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda

  1. a female given name from English

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda

  1. a female given name from Spanish

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name

Latvian

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Wikipedia la

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda. First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1893.

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Amanda was the only given name of 1876 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda m or f

  1. a female given name

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈman.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: A‧man‧da

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amanda

Declension

Further reading

  • Amanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Amanda f (plural Amandas)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amanda

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Amanda f (Cyrillic spelling Аманда)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Amanda”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmanda/
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: A‧man‧da

Proper noun

Amanda f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amande

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda. First recorded in Sweden in 1735.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amanda c (genitive Amandas)

  1. a female given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 296 females with the given name Amanda living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Tagalog

See various people named “Amanda” on the Tagalog Wikipedia:

Etymology

Borrowed from English Amanda.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amanda (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜇ)

  1. a female given name from English