Amanda is a girl's name of English origin meaning “she who must (or is fit to) be loved.” In 2024 it was given to 617 girls in the United States.
Amanda belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “she who must (or is fit to) be loved” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amanda first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2 in 1980, and in 2024 617 babies received the name — 790,015 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Amanda means “she who must (or is fit to) be loved” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Amanda is a girl name. In 2024, 617 babies received the name in the US.
Amanda comes from the English & American tradition.
Amanda first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #2 in 1980, and 617 babies were given the name in 2024.
Amanda is pronounced /əˈmændə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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