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Ever since the "A man, duh!" association was first pointed out to me years ago, I have not been able to shake it. Can't say I'm a huge fan of Mandy, either, although it was the name of a ragdoll I had as a child. (There were actually three: Sandy, Mandy, and Randy. But that's beside the point.)

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Anyway... I was almost named Amanda. It was a name both my parents liked. But it was also a name a couple they were friends with liked, and her due date was before my mom's, so my parents played around more with names. Funnily enough: not only was I one month early (and thus born before my parents' friends' daughter), but they had fallen in love with a different name in the meantime and didn't use Amanda anyway!

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The daughter and I became childhood friends ourselves, and I think we were both grateful not to have been named Amanda, given how many we knew. (Up there in popularity with Ashley, Brittany, Tiffany, Courtney...)

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I find the sonically similar Miranda superior in just about every way.

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