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[Opinions] Re: Amanda
I agree that we need to see 80's names come back, I love them and named my own daughter Lindsay five years ago. Amanda was on our list too, it is very pretty and classic sounding. I do like the nickname Mandy and know a couple of them though I would probably stick with Amanda for my own child. I would really love to hear Amanda on a baby, it would sound very fresh!
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I just have to disagree that we need to see 80s names come back. The people bearing those names are now only in their twenties. They are in the prime of life and have a long time to live. They are everywhere. It could be that most people in older age groups may not know a lot of people in their twenties, so they don't hear the names often, but I'm an older person whose friends are almost all much younger, and I've heard those names ad nauseum, as have the people who are now in their twenties. And those people are now in their child-bearing years, and it's perfectly understandable that they now don't want to use the names that they heard so much growing up. It's not that I don't like a lot of 80s names, because I do, but I think that they all have become boring from overuse and need a good further 50 years of rest, if not more.
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