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Amanda

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Buntysoven · 01/01/2017 02:49

This is the name my DSIL likes for a girl. What do you think? Middle name would be Mary.

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Grindelwaldswand · 01/01/2017 03:22

Very 1980

Tingitangi · 01/01/2017 03:51

Amanda Hugnkiss.

DramaAlpaca · 01/01/2017 03:56

I actually like it, as long as it's used in full.

Pluto30 · 01/01/2017 04:25

It's outdated sounding, honestly.

Prefer Miranda, which has a similar sound.

Mary is lovely, however. Smile

Sophronia · 01/01/2017 08:16

Better than yet another Evie-Mae or Isla

AddToBasket · 01/01/2017 08:17

I like it.

minmooch · 01/01/2017 08:20

I like it but I may be biased!

Staranise123 · 01/01/2017 08:24

Amanda Mary is beautiful.

Staranise123 · 01/01/2017 08:25

Amanda makes a refreshing change from all the Evies, Ellies and other cutesy names. I like that's it's not fashionable.

Cinnamon2013 · 01/01/2017 08:28

I love it. Due a revival

Glitterous · 01/01/2017 08:40

I've always loved Amanda.

CaptainBraandPants · 01/01/2017 08:49

I think it's very 1970's and the middle name has got to be Jane, it's the law or something. Wink

1horatio · 01/01/2017 09:16

Not a an of Mary.

But Amanda is nice.

Skang · 01/01/2017 09:37

Doesn't it sound a bit 'I need a man da marry'

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 01/01/2017 10:37

No.

Skang · 01/01/2017 10:41

Well, I disagree!

OP, are you planning to pass these thoughts on to your SAIL or just interested?

Skang · 01/01/2017 10:41

SIL.

ViewBasket · 01/01/2017 12:53

I like it, it's pretty and underused.

cherrycrumblecustard · 01/01/2017 12:54

I think it's a very 70s/early 80s name? It has a nice meaning.

MikeUniformMike · 01/01/2017 13:06

Amanda is a pretty name with a beautiful meaning. I would say it was at it's most popular in the late 60s so maybe it is due a comeback.
I'm not mad about Mandy, but an Amanda I know is just Amanda (often pronounced 'manda').

Vixxfacee · 01/01/2017 13:07

Terrible name.

HamletsSister · 01/01/2017 13:14

It is my name. But I have always had it shortened to Mandy which I like but can sound a bit crap in some accents (cockney, American). I wish I had been an Amanda but my parents gave us all names that shortened.
And my middle name is not Jane, but does rhyme with Jane (and you will never guess as it is not a real name but came from a book).

I know of only 1 other - my age, born late 60s.

LobsterQuadrille · 01/01/2017 14:13

I have a Miranda and people often mishear or misspell her name, thinking it's Amanda. I'm obviously keener on the former but Amanda is nice and quite uncommon these days.

Beebeeeight · 01/01/2017 15:04

It makes me think of the Amanda Hugankiss joke in the Simpsons.

Better than the current trend of names though.

fortifiedwithtea · 01/01/2017 15:59

DD1 is Amanda, she's 18. It wasn't my choice so I made bloody sure I named the next DD the moment she was born.

On the plus side she was always the only Amanda in school and she likes to be unique.