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.
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.
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.
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