Amanda

See also: amanda

English

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

• IPA^(key): /əˈmændə/

• Audio:

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  • (General American, æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [əˈmɛəndə]
• Rhymes: -ændə

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'.

Related terms

• Mandy

Translations

female given name

• Bulgarian: Ама́нда f (Amánda)
• Danish: Amanda c
• Finnish: Amanda (fi)
• French: Amanda (fr) f
• German: Amanda (de) f
• Greek: Αμάντα (el) f (Amánta)
• Italian: Amanda (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amanda (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: Amanda f

• Polish: Amanda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Amanda (pt) f
• Russian: Ама́нда (ru) f anim (Amánda)
• Spanish: Amanda (es) f
• Swedish: Amanda (sv) c

Anagrams

• amadan

Danish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda c

1. a female given name

Finnish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmɑndɑ/, [ˈɑ̝mɑ̝ndɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑndɑ
• Syllabification^(key): A‧man‧da

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 third-person possessor singular plural nominative Amandansa Amandansa accusative nom. Amandansa Amandansa gen. Amandansa genitive Amandansa Amandojensa Amandainsa rare partitive Amandaansa Amandojaan Amandojansa inessive Amandassaan Amandassansa Amandoissaan Amandoissansa elative Amandastaan Amandastansa Amandoistaan Amandoistansa illative Amandaansa Amandoihinsa adessive Amandallaan Amandallansa Amandoillaan Amandoillansa ablative Amandaltaan Amandaltansa Amandoiltaan Amandoiltansa allative Amandalleen Amandallensa Amandoilleen Amandoillensa essive Amandanaan Amandanansa Amandoinaan Amandoinansa translative Amandakseen Amandaksensa Amandoikseen Amandoiksensa abessive Amandattaan Amandattansa Amandoittaan Amandoittansa instructive — — comitative — Amandoineen Amandoinensa

Related terms

• Manta

Statistics

• Amanda is the 129^th 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃.da/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Amanda f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Amandine

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Amanda f

1. a female given name

Indonesian

See various people named “Amanda” on the Indonesian Wikipedia: [1]

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

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda f

1. a female given name

Latvian

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
• [2] Population Register of Latvia: Amanda was the only given name of 1876 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda m or f

1. a female given name

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

Proper noun

Amanda f

1. a female given name

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: A‧man‧da

Proper noun

Amanda f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amanda

Declension

Declension of Amanda

	singular	plural
nominative	Amanda	Amandy
genitive	Amandy	Amand
dative	Amandzie	Amandom
accusative	Amandę	Amandy
instrumental	Amandą	Amandami
locative	Amandzie	Amandach
vocative	Amando	Amandy

Further reading

• Amanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɐ̃.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐ̃.dɐ/

• Homophone: amanda
• Hyphenation: A‧man‧da

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

    Declension of Amanda

	singular	plural
nominative	Amanda	Amande
genitive	Amande	Amanda
dative	Amandi	Amandama
accusative	Amandu	Amande
vocative	Amando	Amande
locative	Amandi	Amandama
instrumental	Amandom	Amandama

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmanda/ [aˈmãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: A‧man‧da

Proper noun

Amanda f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amande

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a²manda/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Amanda c (genitive Amandas)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] 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: [4]

Etymology

Borrowed from English Amanda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmanda/ [ʔɐˈman̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: A‧man‧da

Proper noun

Amanda (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. a female given name from English