Girl · Latin, through English
Mandy
Say it: MAN-dee
Meaning
A pet form of Amanda, from Latin amanda 'she who must be loved'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, helped by the 1974 song Mandy.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 42,416 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1978, about 1 in 493 girls
- 40 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mandi, Mandie
Famous bearers
- Mandy Moore, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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