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.

Amanda Rank in US Top 1000

# 484 in the US

Amanda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 536 on Nameberry

Amanda Popularity

• 484 US 2023
• 536 Nameberry 2024
• 699 England 2021
• 361 Germany 2016
• 184 Mexico 2021
• 100 Sweden 2020
• 38 Norway 2023
• 40 Finland 2023
• 197 Switzerland 2023
• 150 Poland 2020
• 8 Chile 2023

20 Names Similar to Amanda

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• Angelica
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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 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