Mandy (given name)

Mandy
Pronunciation MAN-dee
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name English
Meaning Lovable
Other names
Related names Amanda, Miranda, Armand, Mandel, Emmanuel, Manda, Mandie, Mandi
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Mandy is a nickname or a given name. It is either used as a short form of the female names Amanda or Miranda, or as a nickname for the male names Armand, Armando, Mandel or Emmanuel. Variants, for both male and female, include "Mandi", "Mandie" and "Manda".

Its usage as a popular female nickname can be traced back to at least the beginning of the 20th century, with the song "Mandy" by Irving Berlin in 1919, and the Joyce Lankester Brisley's children's books of Milly-Molly-Mandy in the 1920s.

It has regularly been given as proper first name to girls in English-speaking countries since the 1960s, but very occasionally also to boys, such as the South African cricketer and field hockey player Mandy Yachad.

People who have Mandy as given name

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People who use Mandy as adopted name

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