Amanda
| gender = Female | meaning = “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”; "beautiful”; "deserving to be loved"; "beloved". | languageorigin = Latin | seealso = }}Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken.
"Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”.
The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' [Paul. Nol. Epist. 44.4].
In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a birth record from Warwickshire, England, and five centuries later the name was popularized by poets and playwrights. In the United States, "Amanda" slowly became more prominent from the 1930s to the 1960s, ranking among the top 200 baby names.
From 1976 to 1995, "Amanda" ranked in the ten most popular female baby names in the United States. The name was most popular from 1978 to 1992, when it ranked in the top four. At its prime, in 1980, it was the second most popular. In 2009, "Amanda" ranked number 166. It was ranked among the top ten names given to girls born in Puerto Rico in 2009. The name has also recently been popular in Sweden, where it ranked twentieth for girls born in 2009, down five places from the year 2008. It is also popular in Swedish-speaking families in Finland, where it ranked among the top ten names for girls born to this demographic group. Provided by Wikipedia
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2921by Kaakinen, Marika, Läärä, Esa, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Laitinen, Jaana, Tammelin, Tuija H, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Sovio, Ulla, Bennett, Amanda J, Peltonen, Leena, McCarthy, Mark I, Elliott, Paul, De Stavola, Bianca, Järvelin, Marjo-RiittaGet access
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2922by Kaakinen, Marika, Läärä, Esa, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Laitinen, Jaana, Tammelin, Tuija H., Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Sovio, Ulla, Bennett, Amanda J., Peltonen, Leena, McCarthy, Mark I., Elliott, Paul, De Stavola, Bianca, Järvelin, Marjo-RiittaGet access
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2923by Kaakinen, Marika, Läärä, Esa, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Laitinen, Jaana, Tammelin, Tuija H., Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Sovio, Ulla, Bennett, Amanda J., Peltonen, Leena, McCarthy, Mark I., Elliott, Paul, De Stavola, Bianca, Järvelin, Marjo-RiittaGet access
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2924by Kaakinen, Marika, Läärä, Esa, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Laitinen, Jaana, Tammelin, Tuija H., Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Sovio, Ulla, Bennett, Amanda J., Peltonen, Leena, McCarthy, Mark I., Elliott, Paul, De Stavola, Bianca, Järvelin, Marjo-RiittaGet access
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2925by Ludvigsen, Martin, Aasly, Kurt, Ellefmo, Steinar Løve, Hilário, Ana, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Søreide, Fredrik Xander, Falcon-Suarez, Ismael, Juliani, Cyril Jerome, Kieswetter, Amanda, Lim, Anna, Christian, Malmquist, Nornes, Stein Melvær, Reimers, Hauke, Paulsen, Emil, Sture, ØysteinGet access
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2926by Jonathan D Sugimoto, Amanda A Koepke, Eben E Kenah, M Elizabeth Halloran, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful I Khan, Regina C LaRocque, Yang Yang, Edward T Ryan, Firdausi Qadri, Stephen B Calderwood, Jason B Harris, Ira M LonginiGet access
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2927by Amanda Manoel Della Coletta, Tatiana Fernanda Bachiega, Juliana Carvalho de Quaglia e Silva, Ângela Maria Victoriano de Campos Soares, Julio De Faveri, Silvio Alencar Marques, Mariângela Esther Alencar Marques, Valdecir Farias Ximenes, Luciane Alarcão Dias-MelicioGet access
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2928by Roeder, Amy D., Kerry, Knowles R., Robinson, Nick A., Murray, Neil Douglas., Ritchie, Peter A., Visagathilagar, Sivashanmugg Thunger., Mitchelson, Amanda Jane., Mcpartlan, Helen C., Pakai, Trevor J., Lambert, David. M., Marshall, Richelle K., Love, Donald R.Get access
Published 2001
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2929by Roeder, Amy D., Marshall, Richelle K., Mitchelson, Amanda J., Visagathilagar, Thungar, Ritchie, Peter A., Love, Donald R., Pakai, Trevor J., McPartlan, Helen C., Murray, Neil D., Robinson, Nick A., Kerry, Knowles R., Lambert, David M.Get access
Published in Molecular Ecology (2001)
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2930by Diana De Carvalho (10001381), André Bussières (3144147), Simon D. French (10001384), Darrell Wade (10001387), Debbie Brake-Patten (10001390), Lino O’Keefe (10001393), Barbara Elliott (10001396), Ken Budgell (10001399), Sara O’Reilly (10001402), Daphne To (10001405), Amanda Hall (210816)Get access
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2931by Bryant, J J, Owers, M S, Robotham, A. S. G., Croom, S, Colless, Matthew, Konstantopoulos, I S, Bauer, Amanda E, Brough, Sarah, Green, Andrew W, Hampton, Elise, Kewley, Lisa, Lawrence, J S, Leslie, Sarah, Liske, Jochen, Medling, Anne, Sharp, Robert, Sweet, SarahGet access
Published 2016
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2932by Purcell, Alicia M., Mikucki, Jill A., Achberger, Amanda M., Alekhina, Irina A., Barbante, Carlo, Christner, Brent C., Ghosh, Dhritiman, Michaud, Alexander B., Mitchell, Andrew C., Priscu, John C., Scherer, Reed, Skidmore, Mark L., Vick-Majors, Trista J.Get access
Published in Frontiers in Microbiology (2014)
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2933by Vekemans Johan, Marsh Kevin, Greenwood Brian, Leach Amanda, Kabore William, Soulanoudjingar Solange, Asante Kwaku, Ansong Daniel, Evans Jennifer, Sacarlal Jahit, Bejon Philip, Kamthunzi Portia, Salim Nahya, Njuguna Patricia, Hamel Mary J, Otieno Walter, Gesase Samwel, Schellenberg DavidGet access
Published in Malaria Journal (2011)
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2934by Dennis J Grab, Jose C Garcia-Garcia, Olga V Nikolskaia, Yuri V Kim, Amanda Brown, Carlos A Pardo, Yongqing Zhang, Kevin G Becker, Brenda A Wilson, Ana Paula C de A Lima, Julio Scharfstein, J Stephen DumlerGet access
Published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2009)
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2935by Helen Paredes de Souza, Wanessa Tenório Gonçalves Holanda de Oliveira, Jefferson Pereira Caldas dos Santos, João Paulo Toledo, Isis Polianna Silva Ferreira, Suely Nilsa Guedes de Sousa Esashika, Tatiane Fernandes Portal de Lima, Amanda de Sousa DelácioGet access
Published in Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (2020)
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2936Proteomic analysis of serum samples of paracoccidioidomycosis patients with severe pulmonary sequel.by Amanda Ribeiro Dos Santos, Aline Dionizio, Mileni da Silva Fernandes, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf, Beatriz Pereira, Débora de Fátima Almeida Donanzam, Sergio Marrone Ribeiro, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago, Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes, James VenturiniGet access
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2021)
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2937by López-Cánovas, A.E. (Amanda Esperanza), Cabas, I. (Isabel), Chaves-Pozo, E. (Elena), Ros-Chumillas, M. (María), Navarro-Segura, L. (Laura), López-Gómez, A., Fernandes, J.M.O. (Jorge), Galindo-Villegas, J. (Jorge), García-Ayala, A. (Alfonsa)Get access
Published in Foods (2020)
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2938by Gabriela Camila Krombauer, Karla de Sena Guedes, Felipe Fingir Banfi, Renata Rachide Nunes, Amanda Luisa da Fonseca, Ezequias Pessoa de Siqueira, Jéssica Côrrea Bezerra Bellei, Kézia Katiani Gorza Scopel, Fernando de Pilla Varotti, Bruno Antônio Marinho SanchezGet access
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2022)
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2939by Jackson M. Muema, James M. Mutunga, Meshack A. Obonyo, Merid N. Getahun, Ramadhan S. Mwakubambanya, Hoseah M. Akala, Agnes C. Cheruiyot, Redemptah A. Yeda, Dennis W. Juma, Ben Andagalu, Jaree L. Johnson, Amanda L. Roth, Joel L. BargulGet access
Published in Malaria Journal (2023)
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2940by Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg, Akerblom, Staffan, Kahilainen, Kimmo K., Rask, Martti, Vuorenmaa, Jussi, Mannio, Jaakko, Malinen, Tommi, Lydersen, Espen, Poste, Amanda E., Amundsen, Per-Arne, Kashulin, Nicholas, Kashulina, Tatiana, Terentyev, Petr, Christensen, Guttorm, de Wit, Heleen A.Get access
Published in Environmental Science & Technology (2022)
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