Amanda

Where Amanda comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Amanda
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #89 among girls — 241 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1972
    Amanda Peet born
    American actress
  3. 1980
    Peak, #2
    35,811 babies named Amanda — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1980
    The comeback
    Back to #2 after sinking to #496 in 1937.
  5. 1985
    Amanda Seyfried born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Amanda Seyfried · American actress, born 1985
  • Amanda Peet · American actress, born 1972
  • Amanda Bynes · American actress and fashion designer, born 1986
  • Amanda Gorman · American poet and activist, born 1998
  • Amanda Lear · French singer, actress, television presenter, born 1939

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.