Amanda

Latin
"she must be loved"

Amanda Origin and Meaning

The name Amanda is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she must be loved".

Amanda may no longer be the most popular girls' name in her class, but she is still among the prettiest and has a lovely meaning. Amanda was one of the romantic-sounding girls’ 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.

# 484 in the US

Amanda Rank in US Top 1000

# 536 on Nameberry

Amanda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Amanda Popularity

Famous People Named Amanda

  • Amanda Laura Bynes
    American actress
  • Amanda Michelle Seyfried
    American actress
  • Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore
    American singer and actress
  • Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill)
    American actress
  • Amanda Lepore (born Armand Lepore)
    American model
  • 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 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
  • Amanda "Mandy" Lee Duffy
    American singer of band MisterWives
  • Amanda Jo Weir
    American swimmer
  • Amanda Lynn Steele
    American YouTube beauty vlogger and model
  • (Karin) Amanda Bergman
    Swedish musician and songwriter
  • Amanda Virkkunen
    Finnish rhythmic gymnast
  • Amanda Wellsh
    Brazilian model
  • Amanda Williford AKA Willa Ford
    American Singer and Actress
  • Amanda Lehan-Canto
    American actress and member of Smosh

Amanda in Pop Culture

  • Amanda "Mandy" Baxter
    character on Last Man Standing.
  • Amanda Rollins
    character on TV's "Law & Order: SVU"
  • 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 Jean King (nee West)
    character on 1980's TV show "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
  • 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
    character on TV's "Shameless" US
  • Amanda "Mandy" Milkovich
    character on TV's "Shameless" US
  • 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 Ripley
    daughter of Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" series
  • Amanda Brotzman
    character in "Dirk Gently's Holictic Detective Agency"
  • Amanda
    character in "Dream Daddy"
  • "Amanda
    " 2009 movie and main character
  • "Amanda"
    song by Boston
  • "Amanda
    " children's book by Wolo Von Trutzschler, about a snake named Amanda
  • Amanda Woodward
    character on the TV series "Melrose Place" played by Heather Locklear