Amanda Forename
358th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,826,273 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Amanda Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin ‘fit to be loved’, seems to be a 17th-C literary invention. It occurs in a Notts parish register of deaths for the year 1805, but was probably in use earlier than that.
Amanda Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 693,714 | 1:523 | 94 |
| Brazil | 100% | 436,810 | 1:490 | 57 |
| England | 100% | 160,986 | 1:345 | 75 |
| Canada | 100% | 66,133 | 1:501 | 95 |
| South Africa | 99% | 58,001 | 1:940 | 97 |
| Australia | - | 45,839 | 1:298 | 50 |
| Colombia | 100% | 44,764 | 1:1,067 | 172 |
| Argentina | 100% | 27,575 | 1:1,551 | 256 |
| Mexico | 100% | 27,445 | 1:4,523 | 544 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 15,167 | 1:1,062 | 226 |
| Sweden | 100% | 14,115 | 1:698 | 129 |
| Spain | 100% | 13,723 | 1:3,391 | 385 |
| Peru | 100% | 12,908 | 1:2,463 | 464 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11,882 | 1:450 | 103 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 10,767 | 1:23,959 | 3,285 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,282 | 1:2,625 | 415 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,264 | 1:490 | 111 |
| Wales | 100% | 8,713 | 1:355 | 77 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 8,084 | 1:2,573 | 454 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7,953 | 1:3,798 | 532 |
| Chile | 100% | 7,790 | 1:2,260 | 320 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,645 | 1:2,211 | 439 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,338 | 1:5,152 | 822 |
| Ireland | 100% | 6,185 | 1:751 | 151 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,908 | 1:3,000 | 422 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5,413 | 1:341 | 80 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,183 | 1:20,453 | 2,119 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,456 | 1:2,379 | 491 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,393 | 1:2,007 | 348 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,018 | 1:17,438 | 2,488 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,641 | 1:26,553 | 1,059 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,449 | 1:51,483 | 3,728 |
| China | - | 3,010 | 1:453,839 | 25,070 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,762 | 1:2,179 | 399 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,706 | 1:2,344 | 321 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,533 | 1:4,118 | 626 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,450 | 1:15,521 | 601 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| France | 100% | 2,216 | 1:29,996 | 1,158 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 2,034 | 1:25,953 | 2,415 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 2,011 | 1:15,142 | 1,585 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,908 | 1:714 | 89 |
| Denmark | - | 1,854 | 1:3,047 | 443 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,844 | 1:49,838 | 2,858 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,593 | 1:2,152 | 302 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 1,417 | 1:5,107 | 722 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,360 | 1:4,138 | 648 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,315 | 1:2,193 | 494 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,264 | 1:4,338 | 545 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,178 | 1:648 | 63 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,151 | 1:53,051 | 1,383 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,132 | 1:4,212 | 572 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Congo | 97% | 1,093 | 1:4,583 | 701 |
| Kenya | - | 1,078 | 1:42,957 | 3,099 |
| Malta | - | 1,017 | 1:422 | 92 |
| Gabon | 100% | 962 | 1:1,958 | 462 |
| India | 90% | 930 | 1:1,306,320 | 78,336 |
| Panama | 100% | 905 | 1:4,317 | 776 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 871 | 1:9,430 | 974 |
| Portugal | - | 867 | 1:12,008 | 681 |
| Liberia | 99% | 866 | 1:5,095 | 601 |
| Namibia | - | 863 | 1:2,786 | 492 |
| Belgium | 100% | 860 | 1:13,361 | 1,244 |
| Singapore | 100% | 843 | 1:7,458 | 1,378 |
| Malawi | 100% | 825 | 1:20,742 | 1,867 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 822 | 1:18,764 | 2,091 |
| Russia | 98% | 809 | 1:178,286 | 2,764 |
| Swaziland | - | 718 | 1:1,811 | 415 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 698 | 1:105,770 | 5,570 |
| Vanuatu | - | 663 | 1:395 | 79 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 617 | 1:13,213 | 1,323 |
| Israel | 74% | 549 | 1:15,306 | 1,637 |
| Norway | 100% | 549 | 1:9,349 | 850 |
| Albania | 100% | 513 | 1:5,939 | 1,112 |
| Qatar | 100% | 509 | 1:4,655 | 751 |
| Romania | 100% | 485 | 1:41,344 | 2,485 |
| Hong Kong | - | 475 | 1:16,322 | 1,548 |
| Haiti | 100% | 449 | 1:23,891 | 1,899 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 434 | 1:8,180 | 597 |
| Botswana | 100% | 427 | 1:5,116 | 858 |
| Zambia | - | 397 | 1:39,937 | 2,714 |
| Hungary | 100% | 388 | 1:25,237 | 441 |
| Suriname | 100% | 362 | 1:1,527 | 347 |
| Fiji | - | 345 | 1:2,587 | 730 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Latvia | 100% | 309 | 1:6,523 | 553 |
| Austria | 100% | 304 | 1:28,007 | 1,112 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 300 | 1:8,196 | 816 |
| Kuwait | - | 285 | 1:13,282 | 1,514 |
| Cuba | - | 271 | 1:42,460 | 1,438 |
| Tonga | - | 264 | 1:407 | 94 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 245 | 1:258 | 64 |
| Greece | 100% | 239 | 1:45,751 | 1,655 |
| Belize | 100% | 232 | 1:1,527 | 341 |
| Iraq | 100% | 227 | 1:154,264 | 3,026 |
| Uganda | 99% | 220 | 1:186,168 | 6,627 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Japan | - | 216 | 1:592,528 | 11,934 |
| Barbados | - | 212 | 1:1,367 | 319 |
| Jersey | 100% | 212 | 1:472 | 108 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 203 | 1:106,456 | 5,454 |
| Oman | - | 169 | 1:24,312 | 1,905 |
| Czechia | 100% | 162 | 1:65,779 | 952 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 146 | 1:1,218 | 198 |
| Bahamas | - | 143 | 1:2,793 | 555 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 139 | 1:171,005 | 16,297 |
| Grenada | 99% | 134 | 1:807 | 144 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 117 | 1:2,309 | 436 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Jordan | 100% | 114 | 1:77,428 | 1,858 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 110 | 1:1,014 | 147 |
| Bermuda | - | 105 | 1:617 | 111 |
| Estonia | 100% | 100 | 1:13,154 | 1,329 |
| Iran | 100% | 99 | 1:792,898 | 7,593 |
| Croatia | 100% | 97 | 1:43,475 | 1,625 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 90 | 1:197,187 | 4,450 |
| Micronesia | - | 88 | 1:1,210 | 182 |
| South Korea | 100% | 85 | 1:65,228 | 3,935 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 83 | 1:278,023 | 12,516 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 79 | 1:776 | 148 |
| Vietnam | - | 79 | 1:1,172,444 | 2,810 |
| Kosovo | - | 72 | 1:25,853 | 2,610 |
| Iceland | 100% | 67 | 1:5,463 | 631 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 64 | 1:1,715 | 347 |
| Gibraltar | - | 63 | 1:542 | 114 |
| Benin | 100% | 58 | 1:182,342 | 8,971 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 56 | 1:127,714 | 9,216 |
| French Polynesia | - | 54 | 1:5,146 | 841 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 52 | 1:1,051 | 217 |
| Seychelles | - | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 50 | 1:1,988 | 431 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 46 | 1:709,207 | 10,196 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| American Samoa | - | 37 | 1:1,509 | 210 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 37 | 1:23,543 | 1,381 |
| Ethiopia | - | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| Burkina Faso | 93% | 32 | 1:574,358 | 18,793 |
| Belarus | 95% | 28 | 1:338,657 | 2,468 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,157 | 268 |
| Palestine | 100% | 27 | 1:168,521 | 2,241 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,965 | 404 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 23 | 1:8,450,334 | 65,173 |
| Turkey | 100% | 23 | 1:3,382,683 | 18,567 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:26,407 | 1,982 |
| Nauru | 100% | 20 | 1:596 | 73 |
| Macau | - | 19 | 1:32,011 | 444 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Senegal | 100% | 16 | 1:911,335 | 8,896 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 15 | 1:354,004 | 1,850 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 13 | 1:459,483 | 14,895 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:28,921 | 1,845 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Moldova | - | 10 | 1:356,114 | 2,508 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:2,017 | 319 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Abkhazia | - | 8 | 1:30,428 | 1,333 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 7 | 1:80,578 | 2,576 |
| Nepal | - | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 7 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Amandà (1) & Amándá (1) are calculated separately.
Amanda (16,925) may also be a surname.
Amanda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin ‘fit to be loved’, seems to be a 17th-C literary invention. It occurs in a Notts parish register of deaths for the year 1805, but was probably in use earlier than that.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A female name. from the Latin amanda, to be loved, i. e. worthy of being loved. It is also found as a male name in the parish registers of Nottingham.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Beloved.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Loving: lovable.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Amanda Forename Popularity
Amanda Demographics
Amanda Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 48 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Amanda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda in the Russian language | ||
| Аманда | amanda | - |
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