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Amanda

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likethemoon · 26/11/2011 13:19

I love this name, and have always wanted to use it for a DD. I'm not keen on unusual names and having grown up with a really difficult name to spell I wanted to use one that everyone knows.

However I'm now a bit unsure because some people I've mentioned it too have said it sounds old-fashioned (and it's true they are dying out, it's more our generation) and DP went as far to say "what kind of a name is Amanda" (although he seems keen on ethnic names from his country, which I really wouldn't want especially as a first name)

Any thoughts?

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frutilla · 29/11/2011 19:30

Love Amanda too. Had a friend with that name and the nn was Mindy.

ChooChooWowWow · 29/11/2011 17:31

Our hampsters are called Milly, Molly and Mandy Grin

PercyFilth · 29/11/2011 16:37

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milly-Molly-Mandy

Milly and Molly have enjoyed recent popularity, maybe it's Mandy's turn Smile

Mind you, there is that awful Barry Manilow song, so I'd stick with Amanda. Grin

ChooChooWowWow · 29/11/2011 16:03

I got called Randy Mandy as well. I love my name but as a child was always called Mandy.
Woe betide anyone who tries that now I am Amanda,

PercyFilth · 29/11/2011 00:13

If you are OK with Mandy, then go ahead. Mind you, I've only known one Mandy, the others have all been Amanda. One of them was sometimes called 'Amandine' (said 'A-mon-deen' in the French manner) so there you have an example of an elongated nn.

ceeceeanne · 27/11/2011 21:12

Always best not to tell too many people what name you are planning to use to avoid comments like that from exotic fruits

Janoschi · 27/11/2011 19:38

I like Mandy more than Amanda, actually. I thought of it for our DD but it would've been a disaster as my DP is Andy.

exoticfruits · 27/11/2011 17:16

I like it and it is in a different league from Winifred which is dire.

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likethemoon · 27/11/2011 17:01

ceecee, Winnifred is a lovely name and I'm sure your DD is too! I was also pleasantly surprised that so many others liked it as well, especially after all the comments I have been getting in RL.

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ceeceeanne · 27/11/2011 16:33

I think it's great to go with any name you love especially if it's a revival! I'm just surprised Amanda is being revived already but not dissing your choice, I have lovely friends called Amanda and I've just named my daughter Winnifred!

upahill · 27/11/2011 15:00

My friend is an Amanda.
It is never shortened to Mandy ever!!
It's often shortened to Mands which she likes or Mand but most people call her Amanda.

CEDR · 27/11/2011 14:56

I like Amanda, but it can also be Mandy, Manda, Amy, Mad, MAddie etc

AberdeenAngusina · 27/11/2011 14:40

I know a 16 year old Amanda, who's known by her full name. It's lovely.

ShengdanRoad · 27/11/2011 13:34

My best friend is Amanda and she's never been Mandy. Sometimes Ammy, mostly Amanda.

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likethemoon · 27/11/2011 12:42

ceecee, I've had a lot of comments about it being eighties but I'm going to go with it anyway - especially as it has been approved by the MN jury!:)

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ceeceeanne · 27/11/2011 07:56

I am amazed so many like it! Very eighties!!

NotnOtter · 26/11/2011 23:35

the only Amandas i know never get shortened
Lovely

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likethemoon · 26/11/2011 23:33

I'm going to go with it :) It's really encouraging that many of you like it too. Am intrigued why so many people are anti-Mandy though!

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NewsClippings · 26/11/2011 20:20

I like it and I know an Amanda who is never called Mandy.

CharlieBoo · 26/11/2011 19:52

My neighbour Is called Amanda, Mandy for short and the gets called MAAAAAND!! Not good

MatLeaveForever · 26/11/2011 18:23

Yes I do like my name now, as a child I decided it had too many vowels but I'm happy with the number of vowels now!
The 'man' is my name didn't bother me, although my married surname also has a 'man' in it which my parents couldn't have predicted at the time. I've only met a couple of other Amanda's all about my age. So there will probably only be one in her class but that's no bad thing.
Good luck whatever name you decide.

smartyparts · 26/11/2011 17:11

Because it's a mum's generation name, people don't seem to like it as much as granny type names, iyswim.

It's a perfectly nice name and I bet it will come back into vogue along with Sarah, Clare, Michelle,Joanna etc. Or, everyone I went to school with!

Mandy, however, is not good.

Ihavewelliesbutitssunny · 26/11/2011 17:04

It is a nice name but quite old fashioned imo. I think the youngest Amandas around now are in their early twenties so not ready for a revival yet.

LaTristesse · 26/11/2011 16:56

I think it's lovely, and would have been happy to consider it for DDs name until DH pointed out that he has 2 Amandas in his catalogue of ex's! Go for it!

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likethemoon · 26/11/2011 15:23

Randy Mandy! I didn't think of that one! A friend of mine also mentioned that she could be teased because the word "man" is in there... although tbh kids find a way to make fun of almost any name! So do you like your name (apart from that little blip!) Amanda?

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