Details for the forename Amanda

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Amanda (female)


Diminutive(s):	Manda (F)
Pet Name(s):	Mandie (F) Mandy (F)
Masculine form:	Amand (M) Amandus (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, from Latin "lovable" or "fit to be loved", a 17^th century invention. It is not thought to have been directly derived from the archaic male name Amandus but they a both derived from the same Latin verb.