Amanda is the gerundive of the Latin amare (to love) — "worthy of love, lovable." A top-15 US baby name from 1976 to 1995, peaking at #3 in 1978-1979 and again in 1984. Amanda Gorman (born 1998) — American poet; in January 2021, at age 22, became the youngest inaugural poet in US history when she delivered "The Hill We Climb" at President Biden's inauguration. *Her debut collection The Hill We Climb and Other Poems (2021) debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there 28+ weeks. First-ever National Youth Poet Laureate (2017). In 2021 became the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl. Time 100 Most Influential People (2021). Amanda Bynes (born 1986) — The Amanda Show (1999-2002); What I Like About You; She's the Man (2006); Hairspray (2007). Amanda Seyfried (born 1985) — Academy Award nomination for The Dropout (2022) as Elizabeth Holmes — Emmy for the same role. Amanda Knox (born 1987) — American exoneree. Amanda Peet (The Whole Nine Yards 2000). Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction* 1994).
Featured throughout American culture from the 1970s through today.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amanda reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.