The first name Amanda

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About the first name Amanda

Meaning

The name Amanda traditionally means “worthy of being loved”.

Historical origin

The name Amanda comes from Latin Amanda, feminine of amandus “worthy of being loved”.

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The use of Amanda shows how names from Roman antiquity entered the European given-name repertoire.

Pronunciation:aman-daamɑ̃d.a

Frequency of the first name Amanda by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Amanda by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name AmandaLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Amanda in baptisms by year.10075502501785182918731917196120051785–1789 1 baptisms1795–1799 1 baptisms1800–1804 1 baptisms1810–1814 1 baptisms1815–1819 1 baptisms1820–1824 2 baptisms1835–1839 1 baptisms1845–1849 5 baptisms1850–1854 8 baptisms1855–1859 33 baptisms1860–1864 31 baptisms1865–1869 40 baptisms1870–1874 74 baptisms1875–1879 75 baptisms1880–1884 69 baptisms1885–1889 66 baptisms1890–1894 39 baptisms1895–1899 25 baptisms1900–1904 23 baptisms1905–1909 16 baptisms1910–1914 8 baptisms1915–1919 1 baptisms1920–1924 1 baptisms1930–1934 1 baptisms1935–1939 2 baptisms1960–1964 1 baptisms1965–1969 1 baptisms1980–1984 1 baptisms1985–1989 2 baptisms1990–1994 4 baptisms1995–1999 6 baptisms2005–2009 1 baptisms

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