Message: "Amanda" - Behind the Name

Amanda

by A (guest)

7/10/2019, 7:39 AM

Wdyr of Amanda?

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- Jasmine (silly_rabbit)

7/11/2019, 10:59 AM

I love it. It sounds dated, so I feel like naming my child Amanda would be like naming my daughter Donna or Shelley. Might use it as a mn though. It was actually supposed to be my own name!

- Bitey

7/10/2019, 1:11 PM

Dated but pretty. I wouldn't use it now, but I can see it being popular when it comes time for 80s/90s names to be recycled.

- queenv

7/10/2019, 9:46 AM

I like it but here it comes, you know me: It was too popular, it's now dated, and I'm tired of hearing it. That doesn't mean I no longer like it, but it does mean I would never now use it and that I'm glad I didn't when I had my daughter.

- Anneza +4

7/10/2019, 8:13 AM

Good enough meaning. I'm not inspired by three As in a row, and I find Mandy ridiculous and, unfortunately, unavoidable. It could work well as a mn.

- Anneza

7/11/2019, 11:46 AM

Reassuring! Thanks, guys,

- Theodora'sMommy (Nemesis0408)

7/11/2019, 10:03 AM

I grew up with lots of Amandas, and only two went by Mandy.

- Janan (jeziana)

7/11/2019, 8:34 AM

I know three Amanda's and none of them are Mandy.

The only Mandy I know is full name Mandy and a Mandeep.

- queenv

7/10/2019, 9:44 AM

I had a friend named Amanda who was never ever called Mandy by her friends or her boyfriend. I didn't know, until she took me to meet her aunt, that as a child, she had been called Mandy. I found out because the aunt addressed her as Mandy. It was a little jarring to hear that because she just wasn't Mandy to me or to anyone I knew.

She had decided as an adult that she wanted to be called Amanda and not Mandy. As usual, the family members who'd known her since birth didn't honor her wish, but she had no trouble establishing herself as Amanda with everyone else.

So I don't think Mandy is unavoidable.

- Theodora'sMommy (Nemesis0408)

7/10/2019, 8:06 AM

It’s still a little dated, but I can’t help but like it.

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