THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Amanda
Amanda is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Amanda.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ʔaˈmanda/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɐˈman̪.d̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
A · man · da3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Amanda.
a female given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A female given name from Latin.
Wiktionary: Amanda (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Amanda.
a female given name, equivalent to English Amande
Wiktionary: Amanda (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Amanda
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mary Christine Tan
Filipino religious leader and activist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Amanda Page, Mary Christine Tan
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Amanda in the birth records
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Similar names to Amanda
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Amada♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Amando♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Amado♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Amalia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Amante·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Chanda♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Lianda·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Minda·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Amanda?
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Explore Amanda further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q453722 — Amanda (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Amanda Page (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q453722 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Mary Christine Tan (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q453722 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amanda (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amanda (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Amanda (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.