Amanda

Rate this name:

3.90

(29 votes)

Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

Advertisement:

Origin and Meaning

Female form of Amandus (see also -a)

Related Names

Amanda	♀
Ammanda	♀

See also Alanda, Amina, Aminda, Amy, Emanda, Haranda, Malika, Manda, Nanna, Samanda

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Amanduson
Amönduson

Female

Amandudóttir
Amöndudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Amanda
Genitive:	Amandas

- Faroese
Nominative:	Amanda
Accusative:	Amandu
Dative:	Amandu
Genitive:	Amandu

- Finnish
Nominative:	Amanda
Genitive:	Amandan
Partitive:	Amandaa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Amanda
Accusative:	Amöndu
Dative:	Amöndu
Genitive:	Amöndu

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Amanda
Genitive:	Amandas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Amanda
Genitive:	Amandas

Name Days

Finland

26 October

Norway

26 October

Finland (Swedish Language)

26 October

Sweden

26 October

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name
• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Pronunciation

• Swedish: [a‘manda] (key)

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark:
  • 17th century
  • 18th century
• Sweden:
  • 1735
  • 18th century
• Iceland:
  • 1910

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1980-1995
  • 2000-
• Denmark:
  • 1890-1910
  • -1910
  • 1980-
  • 1985-
• Norway
  • 1890-1910

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Bornholm
• Sweden:
  • Småland (19th century) see map
  • Öland (19th century) see map
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Amanda Ragnhild Isabell Jansson (born 26 April 1990), Swedish actress

Trivia

• Amanda is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.

Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		24529	37466	24520	37452	9	14
Finland		n.a.	41123	n.a.	41123	0	0
Denmark		4736	n.a.	4735	n.a.	1	n.a.
Iceland		84	93	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		13	32	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		4169	n.a.	4169	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Sources:

Top List Ranking

Sources:

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Amanda (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.