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I used to dislike Amanda, but it grew on me, and now I really like it. Mandy is cute, and it doesn't bother me. WDYT? What would you use as a middle name?
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I think Amanda is sweet. I wouldn't use it because it's so common and makes me think of a lot of people I've met, but I can see why people like it. I've only met one Amanda who was called Mandy. I think Ama would be a cuter nickname, and Anda would be a cooler one, but Mandy is cute and a little retro (? not exactly the word I'm looking for... idk)
Amanda Rose
Amanda Lily
Amanda Shay
Amanda Willow
Amanda Jane
Amanda Caitlin
Amanda Katherine
Amanda Violet
Amanda Wren
Amanda Seanan
Amanda Kaya
Amanda Brenna
Amanda Bridget
Amanda Bree
Amanda Brienne
Amanda Beatrice
Amanda Rosaline
Amanda Hestia
Amanda Hermia
Amanda Jessica
Amanda Laura
Amanda Laurel
Amanda Colleen
Amanda Rose
Amanda Lily
Amanda Shay
Amanda Willow
Amanda Jane
Amanda Caitlin
Amanda Katherine
Amanda Violet
Amanda Wren
Amanda Seanan
Amanda Kaya
Amanda Brenna
Amanda Bridget
Amanda Bree
Amanda Brienne
Amanda Beatrice
Amanda Rosaline
Amanda Hestia
Amanda Hermia
Amanda Jessica
Amanda Laura
Amanda Laurel
Amanda Colleen
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I see Amanda as a very blandly 80s name, and was surprised when my cousin and his wife used it for their second daughter about 5 years ago, especially as their first daughter is named Talitha. They call her Manda a lot of the time, which is cute but not as cutesy as Mandy. Her middle name is Jean, after our grandmother.
I could match it with just about anything, it seems...
Amanda Skye
Amanda Faith
Amanda Fern
Amanda Lily
Amanda Grace
Amanda Charlotte
Amanda Hope
I could match it with just about anything, it seems...
Amanda Skye
Amanda Faith
Amanda Fern
Amanda Lily
Amanda Grace
Amanda Charlotte
Amanda Hope
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Ever since the "A man, duh!" association was first pointed out to me years ago, I have not been able to shake it. Can't say I'm a huge fan of Mandy, either, although it was the name of a ragdoll I had as a child. (There were actually three: Sandy, Mandy, and Randy. But that's beside the point.)
Anyway... I was almost named Amanda. It was a name both my parents liked. But it was also a name a couple they were friends with liked, and her due date was before my mom's, so my parents played around more with names. Funnily enough: not only was I one month early (and thus born before my parents' friends' daughter), but they had fallen in love with a different name in the meantime and didn't use Amanda anyway!
The daughter and I became childhood friends ourselves, and I think we were both grateful not to have been named Amanda, given how many we knew. (Up there in popularity with Ashley, Brittany, Tiffany, Courtney...)
I find the sonically similar Miranda superior in just about every way.
Anyway... I was almost named Amanda. It was a name both my parents liked. But it was also a name a couple they were friends with liked, and her due date was before my mom's, so my parents played around more with names. Funnily enough: not only was I one month early (and thus born before my parents' friends' daughter), but they had fallen in love with a different name in the meantime and didn't use Amanda anyway!
The daughter and I became childhood friends ourselves, and I think we were both grateful not to have been named Amanda, given how many we knew. (Up there in popularity with Ashley, Brittany, Tiffany, Courtney...)
I find the sonically similar Miranda superior in just about every way.
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I have a first cousin named Amanda. She is part of the quiverfull movement (cult) and has ten kids. She could have eleven now. I quit talking to that part of my family. So, all that to say that while I think it's technically a nice name, I associate it with bigoted religious fanatics.
However, when I was a kid, I was really jealous of her name. I so wanted a cool, current (at the time) name, but I was stuck with Caroline, which did not vibe at all with the fashion of the day.
However, when I was a kid, I was really jealous of her name. I so wanted a cool, current (at the time) name, but I was stuck with Caroline, which did not vibe at all with the fashion of the day.
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Not familiar with quiverfulls! They haven't spread this far South. Without breaking confidentiality, do they have any typical or obligatory naming habits, as a group? Amanda, for instance ... would that have been acceptable as a name for one of the 10?
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I cannot speak for Martha's cousin, but I think quiverfull is just a movement in favor of big families. The movement references a verse that describes children as blessings from God and "Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them." They aren't really any more unusual than other people who choose to have large families. The large families that I've encountered that like the quiverfull verse have regular or trendy sounding names.
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I read that some Quiverfull adherents believe that they are building an army of conservative Christians for God, the movement as a whole is anti-feminist and encourages a patriarchal system, and that it originated in part as a backlash against the feminist movement and growing acceptance of birth control within American Christianity. Not every couple who have many children and/or as many as they physically can identifies as being members of Quiverfull, but I think there's more to Quiverfull than just having a lot of children.
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Nah, I don't think even the Duggers thought they were building an army. I have heard that there are some Muslim and Christian groups that want to win the culture wars by outnumbering their neighbors with the idea that "The more children I have, the more ability I have to impact the world for God." But the quiverfull movement isn't associated with a particular Christian denomination. To be fair, the Bible does use battle metaphors, but I'm pretty sure there are anti-war people among the quiverfulls. The movement does refuse to use birthcontrol, but as long as it is their choice and they take care of their kids, it isn't really that big of an issue.
"Quiverfull is a theological position which is held by some conservative Christian couples who belong to various Christian denominations, which see children as blessings from God. It thus encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control and sterilization."
"Quiverfull is a theological position which is held by some conservative Christian couples who belong to various Christian denominations, which see children as blessings from God. It thus encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control and sterilization."
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I would encourage Anneza to look into it online and come to her own conclusions.
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I've always liked it, enough to want to use it and enough to have liked to have it for my own name. Not Mandy; Mandy is spineless.
Amanda Paige
Amanda Kathleen
Amanda Joy
Amanda Paige
Amanda Kathleen
Amanda Joy
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I've always liked it but Good Lord does it need a rest. I knew how popular it was in the early 80s and wouldn't consider it then, and never would now that a trillion Amandas are walking around.
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its lovely
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I really love it and always have. I thought it was the prettiest name when I was a kid. It feels classic to me, in spite of the intellectual knowledge that it's dated. Mandy just makes it even better.
Amanda Persephone
Amanda Jolie
Amanda Clarisse
Amanda Joan
Amanda Fleur
Amanda Noreen
Amanda Slate
Amanda Gray
Amanda Therese
Amanda Persephone
Amanda Jolie
Amanda Clarisse
Amanda Joan
Amanda Fleur
Amanda Noreen
Amanda Slate
Amanda Gray
Amanda Therese
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It's been on the charts since 1880. I see it as classic.
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I find it pretty and youthful. It can still be used as a name today, although it's a mom's name. I named my Build A Bear Workshop stuffed bunny Amanda. I miss her.
I would use Amanda as a middle name. I don't like the nn Mandy.
Posey Amanda
Janie Amanda
Daphne Amanda
Lavender Amanda
Hartley Amanda
Summer Amanda
Macy Amanda
I would use Amanda as a middle name. I don't like the nn Mandy.
Posey Amanda
Janie Amanda
Daphne Amanda
Lavender Amanda
Hartley Amanda
Summer Amanda
Macy Amanda
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