Amanda is a name derived from Latin, meaning "worthy of love." In the latter part of the seventeenth century, the freshness of Restoration drama in England included the creation of bright new character names, especially for women. Most of them had a Latin root. Amanda made its first appearance in this way, later turning up in romantic poetry and novels.Amanda (or AMANDA) may refer to one of several things.
In entertainment
- "Amanda," a popular song by arena rock band Boston.
- ''Amanda'', a 1984 novel by Candice F. Ransom.
- the Amanda, a movie award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway.
- ''The Amanda Show'', a comedy/variety television program starring Amanda Bynes that aired on the children's television channel Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2002.
Places
- Amanda, Ohio
- Amanda Park, Washington
Acronyms
- Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, a neutrino telescope buried under approximately 1500 meters to 1900 meters of ice at the Antarctic ice cap.
- Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, a computer archiving tool that is able to backup data via a network.
People
- Amanda, a French singer.
- Amanda Abizaid, a Lebanese singer/songwriter.
- Amanda Aday (born 1981), an American actor.
- Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge (1866–1956), a British composer, under the pseudonym of Montague Ring.
- Amanda Anderson, author and head of the English department at Johns Hopkins University.
- Amanda Barrie (born 1935), an English actor.
- Amanda Beard (born 1981), an American Olympic swimmer.
- Amanda Bearse (born 1958), an American actor, director, and comedian.
- Amanda Blake (1929–1989), an American actor.
- Amanda Borden (born 1977), an American gymnast.
- Amanda Bynes (born 1986), an American actor.
- Amanda Byram (born 1973), an Irish television personality.
- Amanda Coetzer (born 1971), a South African tennis player.
- Amanda Cole (born 1974), an American singer.
- Amanda Coogan (born 1971), an Irish performance artist.
- Amanda Craig (born 1959), a British novelist.
- Amanda Craig, a reality television contestant.
- Amanda De Cadenet (born 1972), a British actor.
- Amanda Detmer (born 1971), an American actor.
- Amanda Fein (born 1992), an American child actor.
- Amanda Foreman (born 1966), an American actor.
- Amanda Foreman (born 1968), a biographer.
- Amanda Hesser, a chef, cookbook author and food reporter.
- Amanda Holden (born 1971), a British actor.
- Amanda Hope (born 1969), an American model and actor.
- Amanda Keller (born 1962), an Australian television personality.
- Amanda Lamb (born 1972), a British television presenter and former model.
- Amanda Lear (born 1946), a singer and model.
- Amanda Levens (born 1979), an American basketball player.
- Amanda Lexx, a model.
- Amanda Marshall (born 1972), a Canadian singer.
- Amanda "AJ" Michalka (born 1991), an American actor and singer-songwriter.
- Amanda Ooms (born 1964), a Swedish actor.
- Amanda Pace (born 2000), an American actor.
- Amanda Palmer, singer and pianist of musical duo The Dresden Dolls.
- Amanda Pays (born 1959), an English actor.
- Amanda Peet (born 1972), an American actor.
- Amanda Peterson (born 1971), an American actor.
- Amanda Platell (born 1957), an Australian media personality and former press secretary of Conservative Party leader William Hague.
- Amanda Randolph (1896–1967), an American actor and singer.
- Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860–1939), an Irish writer.
- Amanda Plummer (born 1957), an American actor.
- Amanda Redman (born 1959), a British actor.
- Amanda Righetti (born 1984), an American actor.
- Amanda Root, a British actor.
- Amanda Schull (born 1978), an American dancer.
- Amanda Seyfried (born 1985), an American actor and model.
- Amanda Stepto (born 1970), a Canadian actor.
- Amanda Stott (born 1982), a Canadian singer.
- Amanda Tapping (born 1965), a Canadian actor.
- Amanda Urban, a literary agent.
- Amanda Vanstone (born 1952), an Australian politician,
- Amanda Von Brandt (died 1915), a Swedish countess.
- Amanda Walsh (born 1982), a Canadian television personality and actor.
- Amanda Winn-Lee, an American voice actor.
- Amanda Wyss (born 1960), an American actor.
Fictional characters
- Amanda, a character on the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''.
- Amanda, a female immortal on the television series ''Highlander: The Series''.
- Amanda Fowler, a character on the soap opera ''Another World''.
- Amanda Grayson, a character in the ''Star Trek'' universe, the human mother of Mr. Spock.
- Amanda Sefton, also known as Daytripper and the second Magik, is a fictional character and witch in the Marvel Universe.
- Amanda Waller, a fictional character from the DC Universe.
