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Amanda

/əˈmændə/

Amanda proper noun: a female given name from Latin.

Proper noun

Amanda (countable and uncountable, plural Amandas)

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 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...1767 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy: Book VII, Chapter 31
    • 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...1994, Caroline Graham, Written in Blood, page 35
  2. A township in Allen County, Ohio.
  3. A township and village therein, in Fairfield County, Ohio.
  4. A township in Hancock County, Ohio.

Examples of Amanda in a sentence

  • Sue always thought of her offspring as Amanda.1994, Caroline Graham, Written in Blood, page 35:
  • 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.2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the...

Forms of Amanda

pluralAmandas

Origin of Amanda

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.

Words formed from Amanda

Words that rhyme with Amanda

Questions about Amanda

What does Amanda mean?
Amanda means a female given name from Latin.
How do you use Amanda in a sentence?
Sue always thought of her offspring as Amanda.
What part of speech is Amanda?
Amanda is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Amanda?
Amanda is pronounced /əˈmændə/.

Words near Amanda in the dictionary

  1. amanat
  2. amanats
  3. amanaty
  4. Amanayé
  5. amand
  6. Amanda
  7. Amandah
  8. Amandas
  9. amandation
  10. amandations
  11. Amandebele

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