# 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: /əˈmændə/
* Audio:(file)
** (General American, æ-tensing) IPA: [əˈmɛəndə]
* Rhymes: -ændə

### Proper noun

Amanda
* 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'.
** 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED‎, archived from the original on 2025-02-02:Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff.

#### Related terms

* Mandy

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* amadan

## Danish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

### Proper noun

Amanda c
* a female given name

## Finnish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑmɑndɑ/, [ˈɑ̝mɑ̝ndɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmɑndɑ
* Hyphenation: A‧man‧da

### Proper noun

Amanda
* 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

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 129th 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: /a.mɑ̃.da/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Amandine

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name

## Indonesian

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

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Amanda.

#### Proper noun

Amanda
* a female given name from English

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Amanda.

#### Proper noun

Amanda
* a female given name from Spanish

## Italian
### Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name

## Latvian
### Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda. First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1893.

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* 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
* a female given name

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Derived from Latin Amanda.

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Amanda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈman.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: A‧man‧da

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Amanda

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Amanda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈmɐ̃.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈmɐ̃.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈmɐ̃.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈmɐ̃.dɐ/
* Homophone: amanda
* Hyphenation: A‧man‧da

### Proper noun

Amanda f (plural Amandas)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Amanda

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Amanda f (Cyrillic spelling Аманда)
* a female given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Amanda”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amanda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmanda/ [aˈmãn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: A‧man‧da

### Proper noun

Amanda f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Amande

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a²manda/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amanda c (genitive Amandas)
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* 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:

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Amanda.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Amanda (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* a female given name from English