Amanda
Amanda is an exclusively female given name , which is used nowadays especially in English-speaking countries.
variants
Amy, Mandy , Manda, Amande, Mande, Mandi, Amandi, Amanderle, Ami, Amina, Amandine
Origin and meaning
Amanda is derived from the gerundive amandus, -a, -um of the Latin verb amare (dt. To love) and therefore means the one who must be loved; the lovable
name day
February 6 (actually: Amand von Maastricht )
Well-known namesake
- Amanda Abbington (born 1974), British actress
- Amanda Ammann (* 1987), Miss Switzerland 2007
- Amanda Beard (* 1981), American swimming world champion
- Amanda Bearse (* 1958), American actress and director
- Amanda Brugel (* 1978), Canadian actress
- Amanda Burton (born 1956), British film and series actress
- Amanda Bynes (* 1986), American actress
- Amanda Coetzer (* 1971), South African tennis player
- Amanda Crew (born 1986), Canadian actress
- Amanda Delara (* 1997), Norwegian-Iranian singer
- Amanda Detmer (* 1971), American actress
- Amanda Forsyth (* 1966), Canadian cellist
- Amanda da Gloria (* 1988), German theater and film actress
- Amanda Holden (born 1971), British actress
- Amanda King , Australian producer and documentary director
- Amanda Knox (b.1987), suspect in the murder of Meredith Kercher
- Amanda Langlet (born 1967), French actress
- Amanda Lear (born 1939), British singer and actress
- Amanda Lepore (* 1967) American model
- Amanda Marshall (born 1972), Canadian singer
- Amanda Murray (* 1983), German rapper and radio presenter
- Amanda Palmer (* 1976), American musician, poet and cabaret artist
- Amanda Peet (born 1972), American actress
- Amanda Peterson (1971-2015), American actress
- Amanda Plummer (born 1957), American actress
- Amanda Righetti (born 1983), American actress
- Amanda Schull (* 1978), American actress
- Amanda Seyfried (* 1985), American actress and singer
- Amanda Somerville (* 1979), American singer
- Amanda Tapping (born 1965), Canadian actress
- Amanda Tröndle-Engel (1861–1956), Swiss painter and teacher
- Amanda Vickery (* 1962), English historian and writer