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Amanda

A female given name from Latin.

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Amanda at a glance

Origin
Latin
Root meaning
“to love”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/əˈmændə/, [əˈmɛəndə]

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. Doublet of Aimee.

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What does the name Amanda mean?

A female given name from Latin. Its root means "to love".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).