Meaning of the nameAmanda
- Female
- Latin origin
- A-man-da
Amanda is a female name of Latin origin, recreated in the seventeenth century from amanda, 'lovable, worthy of love', linked to the verb amāre, 'to love'.
Meaning
“lovable, worthy of being loved”
Source: Wiktionary: Amanda (English) · Behind the Name: Amanda
- People (2022)
- 495,974
- Rank in Brazil
- #42
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 466,432
- people
Amanda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Amanda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (188,205 people).
493,672 women 2,302 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Amanda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Amanda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.336%
- Paraná 0.311%
- Santa Catarina 0.301%
- Goiás 0.296%
- Mato Grosso 0.269%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 116,553 | 0.262% |
| Minas Gerais | 51,301 | 0.250% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 40,384 | 0.252% |
| Paraná | 35,595 | 0.311% |
| Bahia | 28,251 | 0.200% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 27,906 | 0.256% |
| Santa Catarina | 22,911 | 0.301% |
| Goiás | 20,895 | 0.296% |
| Pernambuco | 20,333 | 0.225% |
| Pará | 18,840 | 0.232% |
| Ceará | 14,933 | 0.170% |
| Maranhão | 12,310 | 0.182% |
| Espírito Santo | 9,972 | 0.260% |
| Mato Grosso | 9,833 | 0.269% |
| Distrito Federal | 9,460 | 0.336% |
| Paraíba | 8,530 | 0.215% |
| Amazonas | 7,555 | 0.192% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 7,121 | 0.258% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 6,323 | 0.191% |
| Piauí | 5,784 | 0.177% |
| Alagoas | 5,628 | 0.180% |
| Rondônia | 3,888 | 0.246% |
| Sergipe | 3,739 | 0.169% |
| Tocantins | 3,443 | 0.228% |
| Amapá | 1,726 | 0.235% |
| Acre | 1,528 | 0.184% |
| Roraima | 1,232 | 0.194% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Amanda
Behind the Name explains that Amanda is in part the feminine of Amandus, but that the name was not used in the Middle Ages: it was recreated in the seventeenth century by writers and poets from Latin amanda, 'lovable, worthy of love', and came into common use in the nineteenth century. Wiktionary's English entry derives it from Latin Amanda, the feminine of Amandus, from amandus, the future passive participle of amāre, 'to love', with the sense of 'one who must be loved'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists spellings such as Amandha and Hamanda among the variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 495,974 people named Amanda, with a median age of 23. Proportionally, it is most common in the Distrito Federal.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Amanda (English) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Amanda · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Amanda · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Amanda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Amanda
What does the name Amanda mean?
Amanda means “lovable, worthy of being loved”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Amanda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 495,974 people with the first name Amanda, which ranks it number 42 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Amanda a boy's or a girl's name?
Amanda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 493,672 women and 2,302 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Amanda?
Amanda is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Amanda most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.336% of the state's population is named Amanda (9,460 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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