Amanda is a
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
feminine
gerundive
In Latin grammar, a gerundive () is a verb form that functions as a verbal adjective.
In Classical Latin, the gerundive has the same form as the gerund, but is distinct from the present active participle. In Late Latin, the differences were lar ...
(i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes
Mandy,
Manda
Manda may refer to:
Places
* Kafr Manda, Arab town in the Lower Galilee
* Manda Upazila, an upazila in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
* Manda, former union council incorporated into Dhaka South City Corporation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Mand ...
and
Amy. It is common in countries where
Germanic and
Romance languages
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...
are spoken.
"Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as "Miranda".
The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the "wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: 'curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures (Paul. Nol. Epist. 44.4).
[ Accessed 19 April 2021.]
In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a birth record from
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...
, England, and five centuries later the name was popularized by poets and playwrights.
["Origin and meaning of Amanda"]
Think Baby Names. In the United States, "Amanda" slowly became more prominent from the 1930s to the 1960s, ranking among the top 200 baby names.
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From 1976 to 1995, "Amanda" ranked in the ten most popular female baby names in the United States. The name was most popular from 1978 to 1992, when it ranked in the top four. At its prime, in 1980, it was the second most popular. In 2009, "Amanda" ranked number 166. It was ranked among the top ten names given to girls born in Puerto Rico in 2009. The name has also recently been popular in Sweden, where it ranked twentieth for girls born in 2009, down five places from the year 2008. It is also popular in Swedish-speaking families in Finland, where it ranked among the top ten names for girls born to this demographic group.
]
People
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* Amanda Aasa
Sigrid Amanda Evangelina Aasa (born 14 October 1996) is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
Aasa was born in Umeå. After participating in Idol 2014 which was broadcast on TV4, she was contacted by the record label Dreamhill music label and relea ...
(born 1996), Swedish singer and songwriter
* Amanda Abizaid
Amanda Jo Abizaid is an American Lebanese model, actress, and singer/songwriter, known for her vocal performance on the theme song of the USA Network/Sky One science fiction TV series ''The 4400''.
Early years
Amanda Jo Abizaid was born in Beirut, ...
, American Lebanese actress, model, singer, and songwriter
* Amanda Abbington
Amanda Abbington (born ) is an English actress. In a career spanning over thirty years on stage and screen, her most prominent roles include Josie Mardle in ''Mr Selfridge'' (2013–2016) and Mary Morstan in '' Sherlock'' (2014–2017).
Her ot ...
(born 1974), English actress
* Amanda Adams (born 1976), American archaeologist and author
* Amanda Aday
Amanda Lee Aday (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the HBO series ''Carnivàle'' (2003–05).
Early life and family
Born in New York City, Aday ...
(born 1981), American actress
* Amanda L. Aikens
Amanda L. Aikens (, Barnes; May 12, 1833 – May 20, 1892) was an American editor and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, she was one of the noted women workers, and it was through her public appeals that the question of the Old soldier ...
(1833–1892), American editor and philanthropist
* Amanda Aizpuriete
Amanda Aizpuriete (28 March 1956 – 22 October 2023) was a Latvian poet and translator.
Biography
Aizpuriete published seven collections of poems in Latvian language, Latvian. Her works have been translated into at least 14 languages.
Eric Fu ...
(1956–2023), Latvian poet and translator
* Amanda Alcantara, Dominican–American activist and writer
* Amanda Aldridge
Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge (10 March 1866 – 9 March 1956), was a British opera singer and teacher who composed love songs, suites, sambas, and light orchestral pieces under the pseudonym of Montag ...
(1866–1956), English opera singer and teacher
* Amanda Alfaro (born 2001), Costa Rican swimmer
* Amanda Allen (born 2005), Canadian soccer player
* Amanda Ammar
Amanda Ammar (born 6 February 1986) is a Canadians, Canadian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier.
Ammar made her FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup debut in 2005. Her best finish to date came in that year, when she teamed with P ...
(born 1986), Canadian skier
* Amanda Anderson
Amanda Anderson is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English and Director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University. She is a literary scholar and theorist who has written on nineteenth- and twentieth-century lite ...
, American professor
* Amanda Andradóttir
Amanda Jacobsen Andradóttir (born 18 December 2003) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Twente and the Iceland national team.
Career
On 4 August 2020, Amanda was announced at Nordsjælland.
On 21 December 2020, Ama ...
(born 2003), Icelandic soccer player
* Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova ( ; ; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, WTA ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 16 June 2025. Anisimova has won three WTA Tour titles, inc ...
(born 2001), Russian–American tennis player
* Amanda Annan
Amanda Annan is a British-American actress, model, writer and entrepreneur known for starring in '' Rag Tag'' (2006) and Dolly Unachukwu's ''The Empire'' (2005), and producing the documentaries ''Jambo Jumbo'' (2010) and ''Equation of Change'' (2 ...
(born 1982), English–American actress, entrepreneur, model, and writer
* Amanda Ansell
Amanda Ansell (born 1976) is an English artist. She studied Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts between 1995 and 1998 and then at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London from 1998 to 2000. After living in London for seve ...
(born 1976), English artist
* Amanda Araújo
Amanda Carolina Gomes de Araújo (born February 23, 1990) is a Brazilian rugby union player.
Rugby career
Araújo was selected as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In July 2023, she was na ...
(born 1990), Brazilian rugby union player
* Amanda Asay
Amanda Karlene Asay (May 16, 1988 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian baseball and ice hockey player. She played on the Canada women's national baseball team from 2005 to 2021, and was its longest-serving member at the time of her death. She ...
(1988–2022), Canadian baseball and ice hockey player
* Amanda Auchter
Amanda Auchter (born 1977 Baytown, Texas) is an American writer, professor, and editor. She is an editor and author of poetry, nonfiction essays, and book reviews.
Personal life
Amanda Auchter received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Wr ...
(born 1977), American professor and writer
* Amanda Austin
Amanda Petronella Austin (1859 – 1917) was an American painter and sculptor.
Biography
A native of Carrollton, Missouri, Austin studied from 1877 to 1879 at the University of Missouri, becoming a favored pupil of George Caleb Bingham, to w ...
(1859–1917), American painter and sculptor
* Amanda Ayala
Amanda Ayala (born September 23, 1997) is an American singer from New York who made her first appearance on the national scene on NBC's Emmy Award-winning show ''The Voice (U.S. TV series), The Voice.'' Following her time on The Voice she contin ...
(born 1997), American musician, singer, and songwriter
B
* Amanda Baker
Amanda Baker is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Jolene Crowell on '' General Hospital: Night Shift'' in 2007 and Babe Carey Chandler on ''All My Children'' from 2007 to 2008. Baker reappeared on June 4 and 29, 2009 as a g ...
(born 1979), American actress
* Amanda Balionis
Amanda Jacqueline Balionis (born June 20, 1986) is an American sports journalist. She is a CBS Sports reporter for PGA Tour golf, college football, and NFL football. She also served as a reporter for some of '' The Match'' golfing events.
Ear ...
(born 1985), American sports journalist
* Amanda Balen
Amanda Balen (born ) is a Canadian professional dancer and performer.
Balen grew up near Hamilton, Ontario with parents Mary and John Balen. She began dance classes at age three.
Balen moved to Los Angeles to pursue a dance career. There, she ...
(born 1984), Canadian dancer
* Amanda Balon
Amanda Balon (born 1997) is an American former child actress, vocalist and dancer, best known for playing the title role in the nationwide Broadway tour of the musical Annie. Amanda initially joined the 30th anniversary cast (directed by Broadway ...
(born 1997), American actress and dancer
* Amanda Banton (born 1970), Australian lawyer
* Amanda Barker
Amanda J. Barker is an American, Canadian, and Italian comedic and dramatic actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles in ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''Ginny and Georgia'', ''Mayor of Kingstown'', ''American Gods'', and ...
, Canadian actress
* Amanda Barnard
Amanda Susan Barnard (born 31 December 1971) is an Australian theoretical physicist working in predicting the real world behavior of nanoparticles using analytical models and supercomputer simulations and applied machine learning. Barnard is a ...
(born 1971), Australian theoretical physicist
* Amanda Barr
Amanda Jayne Maslin-Barr (''née'' Barr; born 2 May 1982) is an English women's football striker. She scored ten goals in 39 appearances for England after making her international debut in 2001. Barr spearheaded the England attack at the 2005 U ...
(born 1982), English soccer player
* Amanda Barrie
Amanda Barrie (born Shirley Anne Broadbent; 14 September 1935) is an English actress. She appeared in two of the '' Carry On'' films before being cast as Alma Halliwell in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', a role she played on and off ...
(born 1935), English actress
* Amanda Barusch
Amanda Smith Barusch is an American–New Zealand academic, and is professor emerita at the University of Otago, specialising in social work and gerontology. She is also an author and has authored or co-authored six books.
Academic career
Bar ...
, New Zealand academic
* Amanda Basica (born 1978), American tennis player
* Amanda Bateman
Amanda Bateman (born 3 July 1996) is an Australian representative rower. She is a national champion, has represented at underage and senior world championships and is a 2021 Tokyo Olympian where she competed in the Australian women's double-sc ...
(born 1996), Australian rower
* Amanda Batten
Amanda E. Batten (born 1979) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. In 2019 she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. She serves as the House Majority Caucus Chair and represents the 71st district, comprising pa ...
(born 1979), American politician
* Amanda Bauer
Amanda Elaine Bauer (born 26 May 1979) is an American professional astronomer and science communicator. She is the Deputy Director and Head of Science and Education at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. She was previously based in Tu ...
(born 1979), American astronomer and science communicator
* Amanda Bayer, American economist
* Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981), also known by her married name Amanda Brown, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststro ...
(born 1981), American swimmer
* Amanda Bearse
Amanda Bearse (born August 9, 1958) is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film ''Fright Night'', and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sitcom ''Married... with Children'' (1987� ...
(born 1958), American actress, comedian, and director
* Amanda Bell
Amanda Bell (born August 3, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division. She previously competed in the Bellator MMA and Invicta FC.
Mixed martial arts career Early career
A well rounded athlete, Bell cur ...
(born 1988), American mixed martial artist
* Amanda Bennett
Amanda Bennett (born July 9, 1952) is an American journalist and author who served as CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media from 2022 to 2025. She was the director of Voice of America from 2016 to 2020. She formerly edited ''The Philadelphia Inqu ...
(born 1952), American author and journalist
* Amanda Berenguer
Amanda Berenguer (1921 – July 13, 2010) was a Uruguayan poet. She is remembered as a member of the Generation of 45, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement.
Biography
She was born in Montevideo. ''Quehaceres e Invenciones'' (1963) broug ...
(1921–2010), Uruguayan poet
* Amanda Bergman
Karin Amanda Bergman Hollingby (born 1987) is a Swedish singer-songwriter from Dalarna and member of Amason (band), Amason. She has previously performed and released music under the stage names Idiot Wind, Jaw Lesson, and Hajen.
Career
Bergman ...
, Swedish musician, singer, and songwriter
*Amanda Berman
Amanda Berman is an American civil rights attorney. She served as the director of legal affairs at the Lawfare Project which she called the “legal arm of the pro-Israel community”. She is the founder and executive director of the Zioness Mo ...
, civil rights attorney; founder and executive director of Zioness
* Amanda Billing
Amanda Billing (born 12 April 1976 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Doctor Sarah Potts on New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''.
Biography
Billing grew up in Masterton, and spent her university years in ...
(born 1976), New Zealand actress
* Amanda Billings
Amanda Billings (born December 14, 1986) is a Canadian figure skater. She had been expected to contend for the 2006 Winter Olympics, but an injury on December 21, 2005, prevented her doing so.
She trained at the Calalta club in Calgary, with co ...
(born 1986), Canadian figure skater
* Amanda Bingson
Amanda Yvette Bingson (born February 20, 1990) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the hammer throw. She is the former American record holder in the event with a distance of set at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Champion ...
(born 1990), American track and field athlete
* Amanda Bishop
Amanda Diana Bishop (born 10 December 1979) is an Australian actress and comedian, known for her comedy portrayals of Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, in the television comedy ''At Home with Julia''. Bishop had previousl ...
(born 1979), Australian actress and comedian
* Amanda Black
Amanda Benedicta Antony (born 24 July 1993), known professionally as Amanda Black, is a South African singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Gcuwa, her career began in 1999 at the age of 6 singing in church choirs. Amanda was a contestant o ...
(born 1993), South African singer and songwriter
* Amanda Blackhorse (born 1982), Native American social worker
* Amanda Blain
Amanda Blain (born 1980) is a business owner, journalist, speaker, and Internet personality from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is best known for being the founder, owner and web developer of Girlfriend Social, a women-only friendship making websi ...
(born 1980), Canadian internet personality and web developer
* Amanda Blair
Amanda Blair (born 1968) is an Australian radio broadcaster, a former columnist with the '' Sunday Mail''.
She started her radio career in Melbourne in 1996 when she made an appearance on the ''Richard Stubbs Breakfast Show'' on Triple M to pro ...
(born 1968), Australian radio broadcaster
* Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill; February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the Western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Along with ...
(1929–1989), American actress
* Amanda Blanc (born 1967), Welsh businesswoman
* Amanda Blank
Amanda Blank (born Amanda Mallory McGrath; March 10, 1983) is an American singer, rapper and member of the performance art band Sweatheart based in Philadelphia.
Early life
Amanda Blank was born in Germantown, a neighborhood in northwest Phila ...
(born 1983), American rapper
* Amanda Bloor
Amanda Elaine Bloor (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest. Since June 2020, she has served as Archdeacon of Cleveland in the Diocese of York.
Bloor was previously involved in parish ministry: first as a curate (2004–2007) in the Diocese of ...
(born 1962), English Anglican priest
* Amanda Blumenherst
Amanda Blumenherst (born November 4, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was a three-time National Player of the Year at Duke University and won the U.S. Women's Amateur title in 2008. In 2013, sh ...
(born 1986), American golfer
* Amanda Borden
Amanda Kathleen Borden (born May 10, 1977) is a retired American gymnast. She was the captain of the gold medal-winning United States team in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Magnificent Seven; a team medalist at the World Championships, and a mul ...
(born 1977), American artistic gymnast
* Amanda Bosch
Amanda Mariona Bosch Rodarte (born 12 July 2008) is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast. She's the 2023 junior Pan American champion with clubs.
Career
In 2021, Bosch was fifth with rope and second in the regional ranking with the Valencian community tha ...
(born 2008), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
* Amanda Bosh
Amanda Bosh is an American planetary scientist and observational astronomer best known for her work on small Solar System objects. She is the Executive Director of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and is involved which the Lowell Observato ...
, American observational astronomer and planetary scientist
* Amanda Bouldin
Amanda Bouldin (born December 27, 1984) is an American politician from Manchester, New Hampshire who has served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives since January 2015. Bouldin, a Democrat, represents Hillsborough County's 25th distric ...
(born 1984), American politician
* Amanda Boulier
Amanda Boulier (born March 30, 1993) is an American ice hockey player and coach, currently playing for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Early life
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, into a large French Canadia ...
(born 1993), American ice hockey player
* Amanda Boxer
Amanda Boxer (born 1948) is an English theatre, television, and film actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998).
Early life
Boxer was born in London, the daughter of English scholar C.R. Boxer a ...
(born 1948), English actress
* Amanda Boyden
Amanda Boyden is an American novelist.
Born in Northern Minnesota and raised in Chicago and St. Louis, she studied creative writing at the University of New Orleans, where she and her ex-husband, Canadian writer Joseph Boyden
Joseph Boyden (bo ...
, American novelist
* Amanda Bradford, American marine mammal biologist
* Amanda Brailsford
Amanda Kathleen Brailsford (born 1967) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. She previously served as a judge of the Idaho Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2023.
Education
Born in Twin Fal ...
, American judge
* Amanda Bresnan
Amanda Bresnan (born 4 December 1971) is an Australian politician and a former member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Bresnan was elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Brindabella for ...
(born 1971), Australian politician
* Amanda Broderick
Amanda Jayne Broderick (born 1971) is a British marketer, academic and academic administrator who has been the vice-chancellor and president of the University of East London since September 2018. She is also professor of international business.
...
(born 1971), English academic and administrator
* Amanda Brooks
Amanda Brooks (born June 22, 1981) is an American actress who starred in the 2007 film ''D-War'' and in the 2006 film ''Cut Off''. She also had a leading role in the 2005 film ''River's End''. She also starred in '' The Canyons'' as Gina.
She i ...
(born 1981), American actress
* Amanda Brotchie
Amanda Brotchie, born in Melbourne, Victoria, is an Australian director known for '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (2018), '' Mr Black'' (2019), '' Girlboss'' (2017), and '' Lowdown'' (2010–2012). She is also a writer, producer and linguist.
Caree ...
, Australian director and writer
* Amanda Browder
Amanda Browder (born 1976 in Missoula, MT) is an American installation artist known for her large-scale fabric installations on building exteriors and other public sites. Her work incorporates donated materials and local volunteers, creating site- ...
(born 1976), American installation artist
* Amanda Brugel
Amanda Brugel (born March 24, 1978) is a Canadian actress. Born and raised in Pointe-Claire (a suburb of Montreal), Quebec, she made her acting debut in the drama film '' Vendetta'' (1999). This was followed by roles in the comedy film ''A Diva's ...
(born 1978), Canadian actress
* Amanda Brundage
Amanda Bobby Brundage (née Cooper, born October 22, 1991) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Strawweight division of the Invicta Fighting Championships (Invicta FC) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC ...
(born 1991), American mixed martial artist
* Amanda Brunker
Amanda Brunker (born 12 June 1974) is an Irish novelist, journalist and beauty pageant titleholder. She is columnist for the Irish ''Sunday World'' tabloid newspaper, She also won Miss Ireland 1991.
Brunker grew up in a Church of Ireland Protest ...
(born 1974), Irish journalist, model, and novelist
* Amanda Budden
Amanda Margaret Budden (born 9 May 1994) is an Irish Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Shamrock Rovers Ladies F.C., Shamrock Rovers and has appeared for the Republic of Ireland women ...
(born 1994), Irish soccer player
* Amanda Burden
Amanda Jay Mortimer Burden ( Mortimer; born January 18, 1944) is an American urban planner who is a Principal at Bloomberg Associates, an international consulting service founded by Michael Bloomberg as a philanthropic venture to help city gover ...
(born 1944), American urban planner
* Amanda Burk
Amanda Burk is an artist from Ontario who specializes in drawing. Burk previously taught as an Associate Professor at Nipissing University in the Department of Fine Arts and Visual Arts.
Early life and education
Burk grew up in Kitchener-Wa ...
, Canadian artist and professor
* Amanda Burton
Amanda Burton (born 10 October 1956) is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera '' Brookside'' (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the ITV drama series ''Peak Practice'' (1993–1995), Sa ...
(born 1956), Northern Irish actress
* Amanda Busick
Amanda Dianne Busick is an American sports reporter who works as the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) multi-media reporter on behalf of Fox Sports. Her career began interning at her local news television station in North Carolina and later ...
(born 1986), American sports reporter
* Amanda Junquera Butler
Amanda Junquera Butler (19 October 1898 – 27 December 1986) was a Spanish writer. Raised in Madrid, she attended university during the Spanish Civil War at the University of Valencia. Junquera was a noted translator, chronicler, and short sto ...
(1898–1986), Spanish writer
* Amanda Butler
Amanda Kay Butler (born March 6, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and former player. In 2018, Butler was hired as the head coach of the Clemson Tigers women's basketball team. Prior to that, she was the head coach for the Florida Gat ...
(born 1972), American basketball coach and player
* Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress. Bynes began her career as a child actor, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series '' All That'' (1996–2000) and its spin-off series '' The Amanda Show'' (1999–2002). ...
(born 1986), American actress
* Amanda Byram
Amanda Byram (born 16 June 1973) is an Irish television presenter and former model, best known for co-presenting BBC One game show ''Total Wipeout'' with Richard Hammond, the Irish version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' on RTÉ1 and for hosting ...
(born 1973), Irish television presenter
C
* Amanda Cajander
Mathilda Fredrika "Amanda" Cajander, née Nygren (10 January 1827 – 23 February 1871), was a Finnish deaconess and a pioneer within medical care in Finland.
Life
Cajander married the doctor Anders Cajander in 1848 and had two children. In ...
(1827–1871), Finnish deaconess
* Amanda Cappelletti
Amanda Cappelletti (born December 9, 1986) is an American politician and lawyer. She is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the Pennsylvania Senate, District 17, 17th District sinc ...
(born 1986), American lawyer and politician
* Amanda Carpenter
Amanda Carpenter (born November 20, 1982) is an American author, political advisor, and speechwriter. She is a former senior staffer to Senators Jim DeMint and Ted Cruz. She was a columnist for ''The Washington Times'' from 2009 to 2010 and regu ...
(born 1982), American author and political commentator
* Amanda Mildred Carr (born 1990), Thai BMX cyclist
* Amanda Carter
Amanda Carter (born 16 July 1964) is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player. Diagnosed with transverse myelitis at the age of 24, she began playing wheelchair basketball in 1991 and participated in the Australia women's nationa ...
(born 1964), Australian wheelchair basketball player
* Amanda Cassatt
Amanda Claire Cassatt (née Gutterman; born March 12, 1991) is an American entrepreneur, marketing executive and author. She was also the chief marketing officer at ConsenSys from 2016 until July 2019. Cassatt is the founder and CEO of Serotonin ...
(born 1991), American entrepreneur and journalist
* Amanda Castro
Amanda Castro (October 12, 1962 – March 18, 2010) was a Honduran poet. She was awarded the ''Hoja del Laurel en Oro'' by then President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya.
Castro was born in Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, ...
(1962–2010), Honduran poet
* Amanda Cerny
Amanda Rachelle Cerny (born June 26, 1991) is an American internet personality. She is best known for her YouTube channel and formerly her Vine profile on which she had over 4 million followers. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Mo ...
(born 1991), American internet personality and model
* Amanda Chase
Amanda Chase (née Freeman; born December 1, 1969) is an American politician. From 2016 to 2024, she was a member of the Virginia Senate for the 11th District and represented Amelia County, the city of Colonial Heights, and part of Chesterfie ...
(born 1969), American politician
* Amanda Chetwynd
Amanda G. Chetwynd is a British mathematician and statistician specializing in combinatorics and spatial statistics.
She is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics and Provost for Student Experience, Colleges and the Library at Lancaster Univers ...
, British mathematician and statistician
* Amanda Chidester
Amanda Marie Chidester (born April 11, 1990) is an American former professional softball player and current assistant coach for Michigan Wolverines softball, Michigan. She was named National Pro Fastpitch Player of the Year for the Chicago Bandi ...
(born 1990), American softball player
* Amanda Chudoba
Amanda Chudoba-Obrigewitch (born June 29, 1990) is a Canadian trap shooter. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and shoots for the Canadian International Trap team, and represents Canada in Women's trap shooting.
Chudoba won Gold at the ...
(born 1990), Canadian trap shooter
* Amanda Cinalli
Amanda Marie Cinalli (born May 10, 1986) is an American soccer forward who played for Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer, Chicago Red Stars in Women's Premier Soccer League Elite and was a member of the United States U-23 women's natio ...
(born 1986), American soccer player
* Amanda Clapham
Amanda Dawn Clapham is a British actress, known for portraying the role of Holly Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''.
Early life
Clapham was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Warrington. She attended St Gregory's Catholic Hig ...
(born 1990), English actress
* Amanda Clayton
Amanda Clayton (born October 24, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her role as Alex Montgomery in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, ''If Loving You Is Wrong''.
Life and career
Clayton was born in Johnston, Rhode Island. ...
(born 1981), American actress
* Amanda Clement
Amanda E. Clement (March 20, 1888 – July 20, 1971) was an American baseball umpire who was the first woman paid to referee a game, and may have also been the first woman to referee a high school basketball game. Clement served as an umpire o ...
(1888–1971), American baseball umpire
* Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Sla ...
(born 1971), South African tennis player
* Amanda Coker
Amanda Coker (born 1992, in North Carolina) is an American ultra-cyclist and the current record holder of the World Endurance record for distance in a calendar year.
Career
Coker first began riding alongside her father, Ricky, as a teenager ...
(born 1992), American cyclist
* Amanda Collamore
Amanda Noelle Collamore is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and th ...
, American politician
* Amanda Coneo
Amanda Daniela Coneo Cardona (born 20 December 1996) is a Colombian volleyball player. She is part of the Colombia national team.
Career
She won the silver medal in the 2011 Colombia Junior Championship, representing Bolivar.
2012
Coneo partic ...
(born 1996), Colombian volleyball player
* Amanda Congdon
Amanda Thornton Congdon (born August 4, 1981, in New York City) is an American former video blogger. She began her on-screen career as the first anchor of the online daily news show '' Rocketboom'' which she hosted and produced until June 23, 20 ...
(born 1981), American video blogger
* Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner is an American comics artist and commercial art illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics, before moving on to contribute work for Claypool Comics' '' Soulsearchers and Company'' and Ha ...
, American comics artist
* Amanda Conway
Amanda Conway is an American ice hockey forward, who played with the Connecticut Whale in the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).
Career
Across 111 games with Norwich University, she would score 188 points, the leading NCAA Division ...
(born 1997), American ice hockey player
* Amanda Coogan
Amanda Coogan (born 1971) is an Irish performance artist, living and working in Dublin. She studied under the performance artist Marina Abramović at the HBK Hochschule für Bildende Kunste, Braunschweig, Germany. In her performance art, she p ...
(born 1971), Irish performance artist
* Amanda Lindsey Cook
Amanda Lindsey Cook (born Amanda Falk; May 8, 1984), also known as Falcon (since 2020) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and contemporary Christian music recording artist from Niverville, Manitoba. She received a Juno Award at the 2006 awards c ...
(born 1984), Canadian christian musician
* Amanda Cooper (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
* Amanda Coplin
Amanda Coplin is an American novelist. She was born in Wenatchee, Washington, and graduated from the University of Oregon and University of Minnesota.
In 2013 Coplin won a Whiting Writer's Award and was named to the National Book Foundation's 5 ...
, American novelist
* Amanda Cottreau
Amanda Cottreau is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter based in Ottawa, Ontario. She is a member of Songwriters Association of Canada, and made it to round 2 of CBC searchlight contest 2015 with Lady Lover and featured vocalist on a second song, ' ...
, Canadian singer and songwriter
* Amanda Crew
Amanda Crew (born June 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. Following her film debut in '' Final Destination 3'' (2006), Crew had lead roles in films such as ''Sex Drive'' (2008), '' Charlie St. Cloud'', ''Repeaters'' (both 2010), '' Charlie Zone'' (20 ...
(born 1986), Canadian actress
* Amanda Cromwell
Amanda Caryl Cromwell (born June 15, 1970) is an American professional soccer coach who most recently managed the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League.
Cromwell played for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1988 to 1992, where she capta ...
(born 1970), American soccer coach and player
* Amanda Curtis
Amanda Gayle Curtis (née Morse, born September 10, 1979) is an American politician who serves as the president of the Montana Federation of Public Employees (MFPE), Montana's largest labor union.
Curtis describes herself as a socialist. She se ...
(born 1979), American politician
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* Amanda DaCosta (born 1989), American–born Portuguese soccer player
* Amanda Davies
Amanda Davies (born 24 March 1980) is an English sports presenter on CNN International.
Early life
Davies was born on 24 March 1980 in Manchester. She is the daughter of sports journalist and sports administrator David Davies. She was educ ...
(born 1980), English sports journalist
* Amanda Dehnert
Amanda Dehnert is an American regional theater director and professor at Northwestern University.
Career
Dehnert grew up in Illinois and graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a degree in musical theater. She received training as a con ...
, American regional theater director
* Amanda Demme
Amanda Scheer Demme is an American photographer and creative director. Previously a music supervisor, label owner, and artist manager, she is best known as a nightlife producer. Demme was described by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as an "expert at ' ...
, American photographer
* Amanda Dobbs
Amanda J. Dobbs (born August 10, 1993) is an American former competitive figure skater. As a single skater, she placed fourth at the 2010 Four Continents Championships. She also competed in pair skating on the national senior level with Joseph ...
(born 1993), American figure skater
* Amanda Doherty (born 1997), American golfer
* Amanda Doman (born 1977), Australian softball player
* Amanda Donohoe
Amanda Donohoe (born 29 June 1962) is an English actress. She first came to public attention at age 16 for her relationship with pop singer Adam Ant, appearing in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles " Antmusic" (1980) and " Stan ...
(born 1962), English actress
* Amanda Dorn
Amanda Dorn is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for the Animal Justice Party.
Political career
Amanda Dorn was a councillor in the City of Swan. She was elected in Altone ward at the 202 ...
, Australian politician
* Amanda Douge
Amanda Douge (born December 1976) is an Australian actress, best known from various television and feature film roles.
Early life and education
Douge was born in Melbourne in 1976, and studied law at Melbourne University (1993). She has a Ma ...
(born 1976), Australian actress
* Amanda Minnie Douglas
Amanda Minnie Douglas (July 14, 1831 – July 18, 1916) was an American writer of adult and juvenile fiction. She was probably best remembered by young readers of her day for the ''Little Girl'' and ''Helen Grant'' series published over the decade ...
(1831–1916), American writer
* Amanda Dowe
Amanda Dowe (born May 17, 1991) is an American professional basketball player.
Biography
Amanda Dowe is from Tabor City, North Carolina. She grew up there and began playing basketball while in school there. She played on the South Columbus Stal ...
(born 1991), American basketball player
* Amanda Downum (born 1979), American author
* Amanda Drew
Amanda Drew (born 21 December 1969) is a British actress from Boston, England, with extensive credits in theatre, television and film.
Biography
One of four children, Drew was born in Boston. Drew's mother was a nurse and her father was a vicar ...
(born 1969), English actress
* Amanda Drury
Amanda Drury (born 5 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and news anchor for CNBC, hosting finance and business programming from New York City. She was the co-host of the US version of '' Street Signs'' until its end on February 6, 2015 and h ...
(born 1973), Australian journalist and news anchor
* Amanda Dudamel
Amanda Dudamel Newman is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2021, representing the Region Andina. She also represented Venezuela at Miss Universe 2022 and was first runner-up.
Personal life and career
Amand ...
(born 1999), Venezuelan beauty queen, fashion designer, model, and philanthropist
* Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899), American poet
* Amanda Dunbar (born 1982), American painter
* Amanda Duthie, Scottish–born Australian festival director
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* Amanda Ebeye (born 1986), Nigerian actress and model
* Amanda Eccleston
Amanda Eccleston (; born 18 June 1990) is an American former middle-distance runner and 2013 NCAA Division I champion in the distance medley relay.
Biography
Eccleston (then Putt) graduated from Tecumseh High School (Michigan), Tecumseh High Sch ...
(born 1990), American middle-distance runner
* Amanda Edgren (born 1993), Swedish soccer player
* Amanda Edwards
Amanda Edwards (born January 19, 1982) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council from 2016 to 2020. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in Texas in the Democratic primary ...
, American attorney and politician
* Amanda Eliasch
Amanda Eliasch (born 1960) is an English photographer, artist, poet, and filmmaker.
Early life and education
Amanda Eliasch was born in 1960 in Beirut, Lebanon, where her father Anthony Cave Brown worked as a foreign correspondent for the '' ...
(born 1960), English artist, photographer and poet
* Amanda Elwes (born 1964), English actress
* Amanda Evora (born 1984), American figure skater
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* Amanda Farías
Amanda C. Farías (born July 9, 1989) is an Americans, American politician from New York City. She is the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic City Council Member for the New York City's 18th City Council district, 18th district of the New ...
(born 1989), American politician
* Amanda Farrugia
Amanda Farrugia (born 24 January 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition. She was the club's inaugural AFLW captain and played in all 21 possible matches acro ...
(born 1985), Australian rules footballer
* Amanda Favier
Amanda Favier (born 7 April 1979 in Paris, France) is a French classical violinist.
Early life and academics
Amanda Favier took her first piano lessons when she was four and started violin at six.
At 13, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris ...
(born 1979), French violinist
* Amanda Fazio
Amanda Ruth Fazio (born 23 August 1954) is an Australian politician; she was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council representing the Labor Party from 2000 to 2015. Fazio was President of the Legislative Council from 24 November 2 ...
(born 1954), Australian politician
* Amanda Ferguson
Amanda Ferguson (born 19 February 1967) is a British fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as B ...
(born 1967), English fencer
* Amanda Figueras (born 1978), Spanish journalist
* Amanda Filipacchi
Amanda Filipacchi (; born October 10, 1967) is an American novelist. She was born in Paris and educated in both in France and in the U.S. She is the author of four novels, '' Nude Men'' (1993), ''Vapor'' (1999), '' Love Creeps'' (2005), and '' T ...
(born 1967), French–American novelist
* Amanda Fink
Amanda Michelle Fink (born December 4, 1986) is a retired American tennis player. She ranked No. 1 in the US in Under-16s. In 2006, she was the number-one ranked college freshman, and in 2008 she finished the season as the U.S. No. 5 ranked coll ...
(born 1986), American tennis player
* Amanda Fisher
Dame Amanda Gay Fisher is a British cell biologist, Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford and former Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) London Institute of Medical Sciences at the Hammersmith Hospital campus ...
, English cell biologist
* Amanda Folsom
Amanda L. Folsom (born 1979) is an American mathematician specializing in analytic number theory and its applications in combinatorics. She is a professor of mathematics at Amherst College, where she chairs the department of mathematics and statist ...
(born 1979), American mathematician
* Amanda Fondell
Amanda Linnea Fondell (born 29 August 1994, Linderöd, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and winner of the eighth series of Swedish '' Idol'', which she won on 9 December 2011 with 52% of the votes.
Fondell's first single " All This Way" was released ...
(born 1994), Swedish singer
* Amanda Fortier (born 1978), Canadian skier
* Amanda Fosang, Australian biomedical researcher
* Amanda Freitag
Amanda Freitag (born May 11, 1970) is an American celebrity chef and cookbook author. She is known for her frequent appearances on Food Network television programs and her work as a judge on television cooking competitions. She is based in New Yo ...
(born 1972), American author and chef
* Amanda Fuller
Amanda Fuller (born August 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for being the second actress to portray Kristin Baxter on the ABC/Fox sitcom '' Last Man Standing''.
Career Early career
In ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', Ful ...
(born 1984), American actress
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* Amanda Gailey
Amanda A. Gailey (born March 24, 1976) is an American academic and political activist. She is an associate professor of English at University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Gailey authored '' Proofs of Genius'' in 2015.
Education
Gailey did her unde ...
(born 1976), American academic and political activist
* Amanda Garner
Amanda Garner (born 1985) is a professional ballroom dancer from Australia. She is best known for her appearances on two seasons of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, partnering Grant Denyer to victory in the fourth season (2006). ...
(born 1985), Australian ballroom dancer
* Amanda Gates
Amanda Gates (born March 26, 1986, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler who currently coaches the Abby Deschene rinks on the World Curling Tour. Gates used to play with Team Tracy Fleury (née Horgan) and in 2015, Team Horgan became the fir ...
(born 1986), Canadian curler
* Amanda Gefter (born 1980), American writer
* Amanda Ghost
Amanda Louisa Gosein-Cameron (born 10 July 1974), known professionally as Amanda Ghost, is a British entertainment executive, songwriter and singer. She was the president of Epic Records from 2009 until 2010. Ghost is a three-time Ivor Novello A ...
(born 1974), English music executive, singer and songwriter
* Amanda Glover
Amanda Glover (born 16 July 1970) is a British beach volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and ...
(born 1970), English beach volleyball player
* Amanda González
Amanda González Gutiérrez (born 21 January 1979 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former female field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. There the team ended up in fourth place unde ...
(born 1979), Spanish field hockey player
* Amanda Goodman
Amanda Goodman, also known by her former stage name Mandy Bonhomme, is an American voice and television actress who has worked on the properties of Central Park Media, Media Blasters and The Right Stuf International. Goodman studied acting in New ...
, American actress and voice artist
* Amanda Gorman
Amanda S. C. Gorman (born March 7, 1998) is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National ...
(born 1998), American activist and poet
* Amanda Grace
Amanda Grace is a singer-songwriter born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grace writes, releases and performs acoustic rock, soul, children's music and Christian music.Online PR MediAmanda Grace Releases New Single Better Life/ref>''The Winonian'' March ...
, American singer and songwriter
* Amanda Grahame
Amanda Grahame (born 25 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Biography
Grahame was born in Canberra, one of four daughters of stockbroker Denis and maths teacher Jeanette. Coached by Chris Kachel, Grahame began co ...
(born 1979), Australian tennis player
* Amanda Griffin
Amanda Claire Ricardo Griffin (born 28 September 1979 in Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor, Berkshire) is an English model and television personality in the Philippines. Griffin is the eldest of three children born in Windsor to an English father and a ...
(born 1979), Filipino–English model and television presenter
* Amanda Grosserode (born 1975), American politician
* Amanda Grunfeld
Amanda Grunfeld Rosenfield (born 1 March 1967) is a British former professional tennis player.
Biography Tennis career
A left-handed player from Manchester, Grunfeld won the British Under-18 Indoor Championship as a 16 year old in 1984.
Her IT ...
(born 1967), English tennis player
* Amanda Gutierres
Amanda Gutierres dos Santos (born 18 March 2001) is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women), Palmeiras.
Club career Career beginnings
Gutierr ...
(born 2001), Brazilian soccer player
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* Amanda Hale
Amanda Hale (born 2 October 1982) is an English actress.
Early life
Hale is one of four children born to Irish immigrant parents in northwest London. Her cousin is scientist Martin Glennie. She had been due to go to University of Oxford to s ...
(born 1982), British actress
* Amanda K. Hale
Amanda K. Hale is a Canadian writer and daughter of Esoteric Hitlerist James Larratt Battersby.
Background
Born in England, she emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She studied at Concordia University and received an M.A. in Creative Writi ...
, Canadian writer
* Amanda Hamilton
Amanda Hamilton (born 1974) is a Scottish businesswoman, broadcaster, and writer in the areas of food, health and nutrition.
Early life
Hamilton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Ann and Ronnie, both physical education teachers. Her father i ...
(born 1974), Scottish broadcaster, businesswoman and nutritionist
* Amanda Hardy (born 1971), Australian badminton player
* Amanda Harkimo
Amanda Harkimo (born 30 November 1990) is a Finnish DJ and reality TV star.
Early life
Harkimo was born in November 1990 in Sipoo, Finland, to Roy Juhani Harkimo and Johanna Ranne.
Career As a DJ
Harkimo is the official DJ for the Finni ...
(born 1990), Finnish disk jockey
* Amanda Harlech
Amanda Jane Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech (''née'' Grieve; May 1958), is a British creative consultant, writer and actress with a long association with the couturiers John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld. She was named to the International Best Dres ...
(born 1958), English creative consultant and writer
* Amanda Bartlett Harris
Amanda Bartlett Harris (August 15, 1824 – January 13, 1917) was an American author and literary critic best known for her work in children's, educational, and nature literature.
Early life and family
Amanda Bartlett Harris was born in Warne ...
(1824–1917), American author and literary critic
* Amanda Harris
Amanda Harris (born 1963) is an English actress. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia and spent her childhood in Papua New Guinea before moving to Britain at the age of 10. She trained at Arts Ed. A longstanding member of the Royal Shakespe ...
(born 1963), Australian–born English actress
* Amanda Harrison
Amanda Harrison is an Australian actress and singer, known for her roles in ''Wicked'' (Elphaba), ''We Will Rock You'' ("Meat" understudy in the UK, and “Oz" understudy in Australia), and for originating the role of Paula Pokrifki in the worl ...
(born 1974), Australian actress and singer
* Amanda Havard (born 1986), American writer
* Amanda Hearst
Amanda Randolph Hearst (born January 5, 1984), sometimes called Amanda Hearst Rønning, is an American model, socialite, and heiress of the Hearst family.
Family and early life
Amanda Hearst is the daughter of Anne Hearst, the niece of Patty ...
(born 1984), American fashion model and socialite
* Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Hemmingsen-Jaeger represents District 47A in the eastern Twin Cities ...
, American politician
* Amanda Hendrick
Amanda Hendrick (born 10 February 1990) is a Scottish fashion model.
Early life
Hendrick was born in Airdrie, Scotland and was educated at Airdrie Academy.
Modelling career
She appeared at Harvey Nichols's spring 2009 show.
In 2011 a series ...
(born 1990), Scottish model
* Amanda Hendrix (born 1968), American planetary scientist
* Amanda Heng
Amanda Heng Liang Ngim (; born 1951) is a contemporary artist, curator, and lecturer from Singapore, with a significant international presence. Known for her performance-based and process-driven works, Heng's art explores themes such as national ...
(born 1951), Singaporean artist and curator
* Amanda Herbert (born 1943), British cytopathologist and histopathologist
* Amanda Hess
Amanda Stromwall Hess is an American journalist known for her coverage of internet culture. She is a critic-at-large for ''The New York Times'' who has also written for magazines including ''Wired'', ''ESPN'', and ''Elle''.
Early life
Amanda Hes ...
, American journalist
* Amanda Hesser
Amanda Hesser (born 1971) is an American food writer, editor, cookbook author and entrepreneur. Most notably, she was the food editor of ''The New York Times Magazine'', the editor of '' T Living'', a quarterly publication of ''The New York Times' ...
(born 1972), American author and writer
* Amanda Hickey
Amanda Sanford Hickey (28 August 183817 October 1894) was an American surgeon, obstetrician, and physician who practiced medicine in Auburn, New York. She was the first woman to earn a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan Medical ...
(1838–1894), American surgeon
* Amanda Hillwood
Amanda Hillwood (born Amanda Mary Smith; 26 February 1957) is an English actress.
Biography
Hillwood is the daughter of Mark and Angela Smith (née Angela Hill-Wood, granddaughter of Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, 1st Baronet). Through her mother, s ...
(born 1957), English actress
* Amanda Hocking
Amanda Hocking (born July 12, 1984) is an American writer of paranormal romance young adult fiction.
Early life
Hocking was born and raised in Austin, Minnesota. After high school, she studied human services while working in a group home for pe ...
(born 1984), American writer
* Amanda Hodgkinson (born 1965), English novelist
* Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent competition show '' Britain's Got Talent'' on ITV. She also co-hosts the national ''H ...
(born 1971), English actress and singer
* Amanda Holiday (born 1964), Sierra Leonean–English artist and poet
* Amanda Hollis-Brusky
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by ev ...
, American scholar
* Amanda Hopmans
Amanda Hopmans (born 11 February 1976) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
She turned professional in February 1994, and on 1 November 1999, she achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 72.
Her biggest career resul ...
(born 1976), Dutch tennis player
* Amanda Houston (born 1980), English weather presenter
* Amanda Howard
Amanda Howard (born 1973) is an Australian fiction writer, true crime author, and expert on serial killers.
Early life and education
Amanda Howard was born on 19 November 1973 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. She lists her early crime ...
(born 1973), Australian author and writer
* Amanda Howe
Amanda Caroline Howe is a British medical doctor who worked as a general practitioner (GP) and is an Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia. She is a former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners ( ...
, British doctor
* Amanda Husberg (1940–2021), American composer
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* Amanda Ilestedt
Amanda Ilestedt (; born 17 January 1993) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Women's Super League, Women's Super League club Arsenal WFC, Arsenal and the Sweden ...
(born 1993), Swedish soccer player
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* Amanda Jackson
Amanda Michelle Jackson (born June 27, 1985) is an American-Armenian female basketball player. Jackson played college basketball for the Miami Redhawks at Miami University. She led the Redhawks to their first NCAA tournament and as of 2016, rank ...
(born 1985), Armenian–American basketball player
* Amanda James
Amanda Elizabeth "Mandy" James (born 25 October 1960) is a British former swimmer. James competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olymp ...
(born 1960), British swimmer
* Amanda Jamieson
Amanda Jamieson (born 8 May 1997) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist who rides for Team Maaslandster Veris CCN. It was announced in November 2017 that Jamieson would continue to ride for the team in 2018.
Major results
;2014
: Ocea ...
(born 1997), New Zealand racing cyclist
* Amanda Jelks
Amanda Renee Jelks (born October 9, 1986) is an American actress. She was born in Hammond, Louisiana to Rodney Jelks Sr. and Melissa Miller.
Early life
Jelks was the second born child of Rodney Jelks Sr and Melissa Miller. Her father is of Fr ...
(born 1986), American actress
* Amanda Jenssen
Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen (born 12 September 1988) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who first rose to prominence as the Swedish ''Idol 2007'' runner-up. Her first album, '' Killing My Darlings'' (2008), became one of that year's best-selli ...
(born 1988), Swedish singer and songwriter
* Amanda Jetter
Amanda Rose Jetter (born November 6, 1994) is a former American artistic gymnast. She competed in the NCAA for the University of Alabama's gymnastics team.
Early life
Amanda Rose Jetter was born on November 6, 1994, in Cincinnati, Ohio to pa ...
(born 1994), American artistic gymnast
* Amanda Johnston (born 1977), American poet
* Amanda Joy
Amanda Joy is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, comedian, satirist, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring in the Omni Television original series '' Second Jen''.
Early life and education
Joy studied vocal music at Cardin ...
, Canadian actress, comedian, producer and writer
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* Amanda Keen (born 1978), English tennis player
* Amanda Keller (born 1962), Australian actress, comedian, journalist, radio and television personality
* Amanda Kelly (born 1982), Scottish kickboxer and mixed martial artist
* Amanda Kerfstedt (1835–1920), Swedish novelist and playwright
* Amanda Kernell (born 1986), Swedish director and screenwriter
* Amanda Kessel (born 1991), American ice hockey player
* Amanda Kloots (born 1982), American actress, dancer and fitness instructor
* Amanda Knox (born 1987), American woman exonerated in Italy for the murder of Meredith Kercher
* Amanda Kolczynski (born 1993), French handballer
* Amanda Kotaja (born 1995), Finnish Paralympic athlete
* Amanda Kotze (born 1986), South African sprinter
* Amanda Kozak (born 1984), American beauty queen
* Amanda Kramer (born 1961), American composer and touring musician
* Amanda Kurtović (born 1991), Norwegian handballer
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* Amanda Labarca (1886–1975), Chilean diplomat, educator and writer
* Amanda Laine (born 1992), Canadian model
* Amanda Lamb (born 1972), English model, property expert and television presenter
* Amanda Lang (born 1970), Canadian business journalist
* Amanda Langlet (born 1967), French actress
* Amanda Lassiter (born 1979), American basketball player
* Amanda Lathlin (born 1976), Canadian politician
* Amanda Lawrence (born 1971), English actress
* Amanda Lear (born 1939), French actress, model, painter, singer, songwriter and television presenter
* Amanda Leduc, Canadian writer
* Amanda Leighton (born 1993), American actress
* Amanda Lemos (born 1987), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Amanda Lepore, American model, performance artist and singer
* Amanda Leveille (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
* Amanda Levens (born 1979), American basketball coach
* Amanda Lightfoot (born 1987), English biathlete
* Amanda Lim (born 1993), Singaporean freestyle swimmer
* Amanda Lind (born 1980), Swedish politician
* Amanda Lindhout (born 1981), Canadian humanitarian, journalist and public speaker
* Amanda Linnér (born 2001), Swedish golfer
* Amanda Lipitz (born 1980), American director
* Amanda Locke (born 1989), American softball player
* Amanda Lohrey (born 1947), Australian novelist and writer
* Amanda Lorenz (born 1997), American softball player
* Amanda Lovelace (born 1991), American poet
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* Amanda Mabro, Canadian singer, songwriter, and vocal coach
* Amanda Macias, American journalist
* Amanda MacLean, Scottish singer and writer
* Amanda Magadan (born 1995), American field hockey player
* Amanda Magalhães (born 1991), Brazilian actress, pianist, singer, and songwriter
* Amanda Magarian (born 1984), American pair skater
* Amanda Mair (born 1994), Swedish pianist, singer, and songwriter
* Amanda Majeski (born 1984), American operatic soprano
* Amanda Makela (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
* Amanda Manopo (born 1999), Indonesian actress, entrepreneur, model, and singer
* Amanda Marcotte (born 1977), American blogger and journalist
* Amanda Marsalis, American filmmaker and photographer
* Amanda Marshall (born 1972), Canadian singer
* Amanda Martin, British politician
* Amanda Martínez (born 2000), Chilean field hockey player
* Amanda Matthews (born 1968), American painter and sculptor
* Amanda McBaine, American director and producer
* Amanda McBroom (born 1947), American actress, singer, and songwriter
* Amanda McDougall, Canadian politician
* Amanda McFarland (1832–1912), American missionary
* Amanda McGill (born 1980), American politician
* Amanda McGrory (born 1986), American wheelchair athlete
* Amanda McKenzie, Australian climate change advocate
* Amanda McKerrow (born 1964), American ballet dancer
* Amanda Mealing (born 1967), English actress, director, and producer
* Amanda Means (born 1945), American artist and photographer
* Amanda Melby, American actress and producer
* Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American judge
* Amanda Merrill (born 1951), American politician
* Amanda Michalopoulou (born 1966), Greek author
* Amanda Micheli, American filmmaker
* Amanda Miguel (born 1956), Argentine singer
* Amanda Millar (born 1967), Australian politician
* Amanda Milling (born 1975), English politician
* Amanda Mondol (born 1965), Colombian sport shooter
* Amanda Montejano, Mexican mathematician
* Amanda Montell (born 1992), American author, linguist, and writer
* Amanda Morris, American academic and chemist
* Amanda Muggleton (born 1951), English–Australian actress
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* Amanda Nedweski (born 1975), American financial analyst and politician
* Amanda Nevill (born 1957), British arts administrator
* Amanda Ngabirano (born 1978), Ugandan academic and urban planner
* Amanda Nguyen (born 1991), American civil rights activist and social entrepreneur
* Amanda Nielsen (1866–1953), Danish cabaret singer
* Amanda Nildén (born 1998), Swedish soccer player
* Amanda Noar (born 1962), English actress
* Amanda Noelle (born 1983), American singer, songwriter, and worship leader
* Amanda Noret, American actress
* Amanda Nunes (born 1988), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Amanda Nylander (born 1990), Swedish figure skater
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* Amanda Oakley, English–New Zealand dermatologist
* Amanda Obdam (born 1993), Thai actress and model
* Amanda Oleander (born 1989), American artist and illustrator
* Amanda Olivares (born 1966), Mexican beauty queen
* Amanda Oliveira (born 1987), Brazilian water polo player
* Amanda Ooms (born 1964), Dutch–Swedish actress, artist, and writer
* Amanda Overland (born 1981), Canadian short track speed skater
* Amanda Overmyer (born 1984), American singer
* Amanda Owen (born 1974), English shepherdess and writer
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* Amanda Palmer (born 1976), American musician, singer and songwriter
* Amanda Peet (born 1972), American actress
* Amanda Perez (born 1980), American singer
* Amanda Peterson (1971–2015), American actress
* Amanda Petrusich (born 1980), American music journalist
* Amanda Pilke (born 1990), Finnish actress
* Amanda Plummer (born 1957), American actress
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* Amanda Randolph (1896–1967), American actress, musician and singer
* Amanda Ratnayake (born 1990), Sri Lankan beauty queen and businesswoman
* Amanda Rawles (born 2000), Indonesian actress, model and singer
* Amanda Redman (born 1957), English actress
* Amanda Reid (born 1996), Australian Paralympic cyclist and swimmer
* Amanda Ribas (born 1993), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Amanda Righetti (born 1983), American actress
* Amanda Rummery (born 1997), Canadian Paralympic sprinter
* Amanda Rylander (1832–1920), Swedish actress
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* Amanda Sage (born 1978), American painter
* Amanda Samaroo (born 1992), Trinidadian cricket player
* Amanda Sampedro (born 1993), Spanish soccer player
* Amanda Sánchez (born 1996), American softball player
* Amanda Sandrelli (born 1964), Italian actress
* Amanda Schott (born 1996), Brazilian weightlifter
* Amanda Schull (born 1978), American actress and ballet dancer
* Amanda Schulman (born 1980), Swedish television producer
* Amanda Seales (born 1981), American activist, actress, author, comedian, podcaster, and singer
* Amanda Septimo (born 1991), American politician
* Amanda Serrano (born 1988), Puerto Rican boxer, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
* Amanda Setton (born 1985), American actress
* Amanda Seyfried (born 1985), American actress and singer
* Amanda Shaw (born 1990), American Cajun fiddler and singer
* Amanda Shelton (born 1990), Guamanian politician
* Amanda Shires (born 1982), American fiddler, singer, and songwriter
* Amanda Sidwall (1844–1892), Swedish illustrator and painter
* Amanda Siebert, Canadian author
* Amanda Simanek, American epidemiologist
* Amanda Simard (born 1989), Canadian politician
* Amanda Simeão (born 1994), Brazilian épée fencer
* Amanda Simper (born 1968), Australian canoe sprinter
* Amanda Simpson (born 1961), American businesswoman and politician, first openly transgender woman political appointee
* Amanda Sobhy (born 1993), American squash player
* Amanda Solloway (born 1961), English politician
* Amanda Somerville (born 1979), American singer, songwriter, and vocal coach
* Amanda Sørensen (born 1985), Danish BMX cyclist
* Amanda Staveley (born 1973), English business executive
* Amanda Steele (born 1999), American actress, internet personality, and model
* Amanda Stepto (born 1970), Canadian actress and disk jockey
* Amanda Stewart (born 1959), Australian poet
* Amanda Sthers (born 1978), French filmmaker, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
* Amanda Stoker (born 1982), Australian politician
* Amanda Strang (born 1980), French actress, model, singer, and television presenter
* Amanda Stretton (born 1973), English broadcaster, journalist, and racing driver
* Amanda Strydom (born 1956), South African singer and songwriter
* Amanda Sudano (born 1982), American model, singer, and songwriter
* Amanda Svensson (born 1987), Swedish author
* Amanda Swart, South African biochemist
* Amanda Swenson (1852–1919), Swedish-born American soprano singer
* Amanda Swisten (born 1978), American actress and model
* Amanda Swope (born 1988), American politician
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* Amanda Tapping (born 1965), English–born Canadian actress
* Amanda Tenfjord (born 1997), Greek–Norwegian singer and songwriter
* Amanda Tepe (born 1977), American actress
* Amanda Terry (born 1975), Canadian makeup artist
* Amanda Thane (1953–2012), Australian operatic soprano
* Amanda Thornborough (born 1990), Canadian rugby union player
* Amanda Tipples (born 1966), English judge
* Amanda Tobin (born 1960), Australian tennis player
* Amanda Toll, American politician
* Amanda Trunzo (born 1989), American ice hockey player
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* Amanda Vaill, American screenwriter
* Amanda Vanstone (born 1952), Australian politician
* Amanda Varela (1911–2000), Argentine actress
* Amanda Vázquez (born 1984), Puerto Rican volleyball player
* Amanda Vickery (born 1962), English historian, professor, and writer
* Amanda Vilanova (born 1991), Puerto Rican model
* Amanda Villepastour (born 1958), Australian ethnomusicologist and musician
* Amanda Vincent, Canadian conservationist and marine biologist
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* Amanda Wainwright (born 1976), English tennis player
* Amanda Wakeley (born 1962), English fashion designer
* Amanda Walker (born 1935), English actress
* Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
* Amanda Ware (born 1992), Australian model
* Amanda Waring, English activist, actress, comedian, and singer
* Amanda Warren (born 1982), American actress
* Amanda Weir (born 1986), American swimmer
* Amanda Weltman (born 1979), South African theoretical physicist
* Amanda Wilkinson (born 1982), Canadian singer
* Amanda Wilson (born 1980), English singer and songwriter
* Amanda Woodcroft (born 1993), Canadian field and indoor hockey player
Fictional characters
* Amanda, from the teen drama ''The Next Step (Canadian TV series), The Next Step''
* Amanda, from the Colley Cibber play ''Love's Last Shift'' and its sequel by John Vanbrugh, ''The Relapse''
* Amanda (Highlander), Amanda, from the ''Highlander (franchise), Highlander'' franchise
* Amanda Becker, from the teen parody ''Not Another Teen Movie''
* Amanda Beckett, from the teen romantic comedy ''Can't Hardly Wait''
* Amanda Bellows, from the ABC fantasy comedy ''I Dream of Jeannie''
* Amanda Benson, from the television movie ''Swindle (2013 film), Swindle''
* Amanda Bentley, the titular character from the Candice F. Ransom novel ''Amanda (novel), Amanda''
* Amanda Brotzman, from the BBC science fiction series ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency''
* Amanda Buckman, from the supernatural black comedy ''Addams Family Values''
* Amanda Carrington, from the ABC soap opera ''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty''
* Emily Thorne, Amanda Clarke, from ABC mystery drama ''Revenge (TV series), Revenge''
* List of Nikita characters#Helen "Amanda" Collins, Helen "Amanda" Collins, from The CW action thriller ''Nikita (TV series), Nikita''
* Amanda De Santa, from the video game ''Grand Theft Auto V''
* Amanda Grayson, mother of Spock from the ''Star Trek'' franchise
* Amanda Harper, from the Escape Room (2019 film), ''Escape Room'' franchise
* Amanda Hunsaker, from the buddy cop action comedy ''Lethal Weapon''
* Amanda Killman, the main antagonist from the Nickelodeon animated slapstick comedy ''Bunsen Is a Beast''
* Amanda King, from the CBS drama ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King''
* List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters#Amanda Krueger, Amanda Krueger, the mother of Freddy Krueger from the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise), A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise
* List of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai characters#Amanda LaRusso, Amanda LaRusso, the wife of Daniel LaRusso from the Netflix martial arts comedy ''Cobra Kai''
* Amanda Lockhart, from the novel series Kingdom Keepers
* Amanda Lopez, from the Disney XD TV series Milo Murphy's Law
* Amanda Dillon, from the ABC soap opera ''All My Children''
* Amanda Dunfrey, from the science fiction horror film ''The Mist (film), The Mist''
* List of The Big Bang Theory franchise characters#Mandy McAllister, Amanda "Mandy" McAllister, main character in TV show ''Young Sheldon''
* Amanda Prendergast, from the action film ''Falling Down''
* Amanda Rollins, from the NBC crime drama ''Law and Order: Special Victims Unit''
* Amanda Rosewater, from the Syfy science fiction western ''Defiance (TV series), Defiance''
* Amanda Sefton, from Marvel Comics
* Amanda Tanen, from the ABC comedy drama ''Ugly Betty''
* Amanda Thripp, a character in the 1996 film ''Matilda''
* List of Star Fox characters#Amanda Toad, Amanda Toad, from the video game ''Star Fox''
* Amanda Vale, from the Seven Network soap opera ''Home and Away''
* List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Amanda, Amanda Valenciano Libre, from the video game ''Metal Gear''
* Amanda Vaughn, the main protagonist from the ABC comedy drama ''GCB (TV series), GCB''
* Amanda Waller, from DC Comics
* Amanda Wingfield, from the Tennessee Williams play ''The Glass Menagerie''
* Amanda Woods, from the romantic comedy ''The Holiday''
* Amanda Woodward (Melrose Place), Amanda Woodward, from the Fox soap opera ''Melrose Place''
* Amanda Young, the accomplice of Jigsaw from the ''Saw (franchise), Saw'' franchise
* Amanda Zimm, from the teen drama ''Ready or Not (Canadian TV series), Ready or Not''
References
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