Amanda

Amanda is a Latin female gerundive name meaning deserving to be loved, worthy of love, or loved very much by everyone. Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy.The name Amanda first appeared in 1212 on a birth record from Warwickshire, England, and five centuries later the name was popularized by poets and playwrights. In the United States, Amanda slowly became more prominent from the 1930s to the 1960s, ranking among the top 200 baby names.From 1976 to 1995, Amanda ranked in the ten most popular female baby names in the United States. The name was most popular from 1978 to 1992, when it ranked in the top 4. At its prime, in 1980, it was the second most popular. In 2009, Amanda ranked number 166. It was ranked among the top ten names given to girls born in Puerto Rico in 2009. The name is also currently popular in Sweden, where it ranked twentieth for girls born in 2009, down five places from the year 2008. It is also popular in Swedish-speaking families in Finland, where it ranked among the top ten names for girls born to ethnic Swedes.

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