Talk:Amanda

Meaning

Amanda means "One worthy of love and wisdom," derived from the Latin root "amare," "to love."

Amanda is the female future passive participle of amare (which shares form with the gerundive) meaning, literally, "(a woman) having to be loved." Icarus' Dream (talk) 03:21, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

List

Can I propose that the list of people with first name Amanda is removed, or at least drasticly shortened. DJ Clayworth 18:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree completely.GfloresTalk 19:58, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

First appearance

Reference found in this online database.[1]

• Click Raadpleeg/Search
• Click all seven check boxes at top of form.
• Enter 1000-1700 for 'period'.
• Enter Amanda for 'voornaam/firstname'.
• Click 'Zoeken'.

Amanda is named as mother in 1678, so the name first appears when the mother is born in 1650's or earlier (mid seventeeth century). The above website only searches one small part of Dutch DTB records; so might not be the "absolute first" appearance; in any case, the name appears before the "later seventeenth century in England" as stated previously.--Fbax 14:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Redirect

Why does 1313 (number) redirect here? That's ridiculous.

Shortening the list

On the subject of shortening the list previously brought up in the Talk section; I would suggest that only the acronyms and the Norwegian film award should remain on the page, because they are the only things that add new information to the meaning of the name. A listing of people who share the first name sheds no light on the significance of the name; not to mention many of the listings are a bit petty (such as minor TV characters).

Origin

the article says it is from a Latin word meaning lovable. other sites might even tell you that the name was first used for some 17th century play. What it won't say is the truth: it is a feminized form of the no-longer-popular name Amand. And the most famous Amand was St. Amand of Maastricht, a Catholic bishop. Because he was a famous saint in France, the name Amanda for girls historically starts in the late 7th/early 8th centuries, NOT the 17th century. 08:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

All well and good, but remember that information in Wikipedia must be verifiable, and that means citing a reliable source. →Ollie (talk • contribs) 18:45, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Date error in article

The name "Amanda" first appeared in 2007 on a birth record from Warwickshire, England, and five centuries later the name was popularized by poets and playwrights.

I'm not sure what the correction would be but 2007 seems completely wrong

Klynchk (talk) 23:14, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Fixed. You just have to go back through the history so see what the correct(?) year is. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:52, 16 July 2018 (UTC)