Amanda.
A female given name from Latin.
Meaning & usage
A female given name from Latin.
A place in the United States: A township in Allen County, Ohio.
A place in the United States: A township and village therein, in Fairfield County, Ohio.
A place in the United States: A township in Hancock County, Ohio.
Where this word comes from
Derived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Taken into regular use as an English given name from 18th-century literature. Doublet of Aimee.
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