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I kind of like it, but it needs to rest a while before it'll seem fresh to me. The only thing that bothers me is the "man" sound a little bit.

Now, normally it would be the kind of name I hate, but it actually doesn't sound too bad. Unfortunately, I have an aunt Amanda (well, not a blood relative), I don't mind her at all but her and my mum have never likes each other. So even if I loved this name (which I don't anyway) I could never use it for being not only a living relative but also one that mum doesn't like.

I knew a lot of Amandas when I lived in South Carolina (one of my favorite cousins is an Amanda), but that is in no way a comparison with the number of Amandas I've met since moving to Kansas.

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Like, for instance, I'm a grad student and share an office with an Amanda and across the hall there's another office with two Amandas. I've never known any who go by Mandy, oddly enough.

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It's really badly dated and trendy to me. I don't hate it, but I really don't like it. Though it's better than lots of other 80s names like Ashley and Taylor and Brittany, etc.

You know, even though I grew up with a bajillion Amandas, I think it's a nice name. I like to think of it in the old-fashioned sense, where I picture a girl on the prairie. On a modern person I think it seems pretty and successful, mostly due to the association with a friend from college. I like it best though as a middle name. I totally love super common first names used as middle names, I think it's so refreshing and unexpected. I had a teacher in high school (in her 50s or so) named Kathy Amanda, which I thought was cool. My favorite combo with it is Agnes Amanda.

This message was edited 12/7/2013, 12:49 PM

I like it but wouldn't use it because of its former popularity. To me it has an eighteenth-century la-di-dah vibe that I like. It makes me think of a prissy blonde girl, but that must be because of a prissy blonde Amanda that I knew. It's not a turn-off though.

I can't get past the name "Amanda Hugginkiss" that was used on The Simpsons. It's what I think of every single time I hear Amanda.

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Other than that, I went to school two Amandas. One was Mandi and the other never had a nickname. They were bubbly, outgoing girls with great personalities. unfortunately they were also known to be very promiscuous.

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It doesn't have a great reputation in my book.

Amanda is nice. I've known quite a few of them. It's funny, while PG with our firstborn, my dh and I tossed around a few names. Amanda was one of those names and then it would sort of turn into a joke -- a man, duh. We joked about it with each pregnancy and I knew we wouldn't be able to use it, LOL. Don't get me wrong. I still like it, however, I'd be much more inclined to use Miranda these days.

This message was edited 12/7/2013, 11:25 AM

I think Amanda is a very pretty name. It would be nice to hear of a baby Amanda, even though the name was sooo common in the '80s.

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It makes me think of my ex's adopted daughter. She was born in the '80, natch. She has olive skin and near-black straight hair, with heavy eyebrows. She is a math teacher. I don't know her well enough to describe her personality, but her mom says she is sentimental and caring.

I can never quite like this name. There is just something about it that puts me off.

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When I hear it, I think of a pretty girl with light brown hair and brown eyes who has artistic ambitions. She does watercolor paintings of landscapes and reads Jane Austen. She's a natural romantic who wants to settle down someday and have three or four kids.

I love the name Amanda. It's not very common right now though of course it has been. I think it has a very feminine feel to it and also a sort of country-western vibe.

I don't see Amanda as being that common. It's used enough for people to be familiar with it, but not so rare that people would say 'why did you use it?' The first Amanda that comes to mind is a two year old, who loves coming to school to eat with her brothers, and she thinks she's ready to go to school.

I've always wanted to meet an Amanda, but they've all turned into Mandy within weeks of birth. And Mandy is not appealing to me; not at all. Amanda itself has a slight whine, so I don't think I'd ever consider it.

Amanda sounds a little '80s/'90s for me -- but I like it too! I can see myself using it one day. It doesn't make me think of any one kind of girl, but what comes to mind right now is a sporty, tomboyish girl.