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Gender: F Meaning of Amanda: "much-loved" Origin of Amanda: Latin Amanda's Popularity in 2013: #298

After a long run as the prettiest senior in class, this romantic name has lost some of its glossy sheen, though it's still quite lovely and well used. Amanda was one of the romantic-sounding names that rocketed to stardom in the eighties, along with Samantha, Vanessa, et al.

Despite its somewhat trendy feel, Amanda is a certifiable classic--it appears in a play as early as 1694, and was prominent among saints, eighteenth century literary heroines,and in plays by Noel Coward and Tennessee Williams. But if you're looking for a fresher alternative, you might consider the French Amandine or Shakespearean Miranda.

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Famous People Named Amanda

Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill), American actress
Amanda Michelle Seyfried, American actress
Amanda Laura Bynes, American actress
Amanda Lepore (born Armand Lepore), American model
Amanda Lindhout, American journalist and memoirist
Amanda Reifer, musician of Barbadian band Cover Drive
Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
Amanda Peet, American actress
Amanda Michael Plummer, American actress, daughter of actor Christopher Plummer
Amanda Lear, French singer and TV presenter
Amanda Jones, Miss USA 1973
Amanda Kessel, American Olympic hockey player
Amanda Fuller, American actress
Amanda Nicole Perez, American R&B singer
Amanda Jo Adkins, American Olympic swimmer
Amanda Ray Beard, American Olympic swimmer
Amanda Righetti, American actress
Amanda Ripley, American journalist and author
Amanda Tapping, English-Canadian actress
Amanda Laine, Canadian model
Amanda Michelle Todd, Canadian teen whose suicide raised cyberbullying awareness
Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer, American singer of band The Dresden Dolls
Amanda Quick, pseudonym of novelist Jayne Ann Krentz
Amanda Harlech (born Amanda Jane Grieve), English fashion muse
Amanda Wakeley, English fashion designer
Amanda Evora, American Olympic pair skater
Amanda (Louisa Kretz Lameche), French pop singer
Amanda "Mandy" Drury, American TV journalist
Amanda de Cadenet, English photographer and TV presenter
Amanda Louise Holden, English actress and TV presenter
Amanda Randolph Hearst, American heiress and model
Amanda Freitag, American celebrity chef
Amanda Marie Knox, American woman imprisoned in Italy
Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore, American singer and actress
Amanda Katherine Anka-Bateman, American actress
Amanda Jeanette Detmer, American actress
Azealia Amanda Banks, American singer
Amanda Kate Lambert, daughter of singer Nancy Sinatra
Amanda Cavendish, 12th Duchess of Devonshire
Amanda Felicitas Stepto, Canadian actress
Amanda Brooke Fein, American actress; twin sister Caitlin Fein
Amanda Abbington (born Amanda Jane Smith), English actress
Amanda Joy "A.J." Michalka, American singer/actress of duo 78Violet
Amanda Pays, English actress

Pop Culture References for the Name Amanda

Amanda Wingfield, character in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
Amanda, character in the Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson
Amanda Bonner, character in movie "Adam's Rib"
Amanda Beckett, character in movie "Can't Hardly Wait"
Amanda Clarke, birth name of character Emily Thorne on TV's "Revenge"
Amanda Krueger, mother of Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
Amanda Collins, character on TV's "Nikita"
Amanda Grayson, character on TV's "Star Trek"
Amanda Tanner, character on TV's "Scandal"
Amanda Ellerby, character in the Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass
Amanda De Santa, character in Grand Theft Auto video games
Amanda Lemmon, character in movie "It Takes Two"
Amanda Mueller aka The Black Womb, character in X-Men comics
Amanda Waller, character in DC Comics
Amanda Young, character in Saw movies
Amanda Bentley, main character in "Amanda" by Candice F. Ransom
"Amanda," 2009 movie and main character
"Amanda" song by both Don Williams and Waylon Jennings
"Amanda", song by Boston
"Amanda" song by Green Day
Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley in the 'Alien' series and protagonist of the game 'Alien Isolation'

Amada, Amanada, Amandah, Amandalee, Amandalyn, Amandi, Amandie, Amandy, Amata, Manda, Mandaline, Mandee, Mandi, Mandie, Mandy

Amanda's International Variations

Amande, Amandine (French)

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