Meaning and origin of Amanda

Amanda is a Latin gerundive name meaning "(female) that must be loved" and "worthy of love." In the majority of the seventeenth century, the freshness of Restoration drama in England included the creation of bright new character names, especially for women. Most of them had a Latin root. Amanda made her first appearance in mid seventeenth century in The Netherlands, later turning up in romantic poetry and novels. 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 4. At its prime, in 1980, it was the second most popular. In 2006, "Amanda" ranked number 102.

People with the given name Amanda
In music:
Amanda Abizaid, a Lebanese singer/songwriter
Amanda Lameche (born 1985), Swedish singer
Amanda Latona (born 1979), an American singer
Amanda Lear (born 1946), a singer and model
Amanda Marshall (born 1972), a Canadian singer
Amanda Palmer, singer and pianist of musical duo The Dresden Dolls
Amanda Stott (born 1982), a Canadian singer

In film and television:
Amanda Aday (born 1981), an American actress
Amanda Barrie (born 1935), an English actor
Amanda Bearse (born 1958), an American actor, director, and comedian
Amanda Blake (1929–1989), an American actor
Amanda Bynes (born 1986), an American actress
Amanda Byram (born 1973), an Irish television personality
Amanda De Cadenet (born 1972), a British actor
Amanda Detmer (born 1971), an American actor
Amanda Foreman (actress) (born 1966), an American actor
Amanda Holden (born 1971), a British actor
Amanda Hope (born 1969), an American model and actor
Amanda Keller (born 1962), an Australian television personality
Amanda Michalka (born 1991), an American actor and singer-songwriter
Amanda Ooms (born 1964), a Swedish actor
Amanda Pays (born 1959), an English actor
Amanda Peet (born 1972), an American actor
Amanda Peterson (born 1971), an American actor
Amanda Randolph (1896–1967), an American actor
Amanda Plummer (born 1957), an American actor
Amanda Redman (born 1959), a British actor
Amanda Righetti (born 1984), an American actor
Amanda Root, a British actor
Amanda Seyfried (born 1985), an American actor and model
Amanda Stepto (born 1970), a Canadian actor
Amanda Tapping (born 1965), a Canadian actor
Amanda Walsh (born 1982), a Canadian television personality and actor
Amanda Winn Lee, an American voice actor
Amanda Wyss (born 1960), an American actor
In literature:
Amanda Anderson, author
Amanda Craig (born 1959), a British novellaist
Amanda Davis, writer
Amanda Foreman (biographer) (born 1968), a biographer
Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860–1939), an Irish writer
Amanda Urban, a literary agent
In sports:
Amanda Borden (born 1977), an American gymnast
Amanda Coetzer (born 1971), a South African tennis player
Amanda Levens (born 1979), an American basketball player
In politics:

Amanda Platell (born 1957), an Australian media personality
Amanda Vanstone (born 1952), an Australian politician
In misc:

Amanda Beard (born 1981), an American Olympic swimmer
Amanda Coogan (born 1971), an Irish performance artist
Amanda Hesser, a chef, cookbook author and food reporter
Amanda Lexx, a model
Amanda Schull (born 1978), an American dancer
Amanda Swafford (born 1979), an American model
Amanda Von Brandt (died 1915), a Swedish countess

Fictional
Amanda Cory, a character on Another World
Amanda Dillon, a character on All My Children
Amanda Grayson, a character in the Star Trek universe
Amanda Sefton, a character and witch in the Marvel Universe
Amanda Tanen, a character on "Ugly Betty"
Amanda Walters, a character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
Amanda Waller, a character from the DC Universe
Amanda White, a character in the Left Behind series
Amanda Woodward, a character on Melrose Place
Amanda Young, a character from the Saw movies

See also
Mandy
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