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Mandy
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mandy Mándy
English
Etymology 1
en Amanda en y<id:diminutive>.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmændi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-Mandy.wav US
en ændi 2
Proper noun
s ies
en female Amanda as a formal given name in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
en 1928 Joyce Lankester Brisley Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories 1 But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.
en 1994 P.D.James Original Sin 10 0679438890 Without looking up, she asked: "Is your name Mandy or Amanda Price?""Mandy, Miss Etienne." In other circumstances Mandy would have pointed out that if her name were Amanda the CV would have said so.
Etymology 2
en :bor hu:Mándy + 1
Proper noun
s
en Hungarian.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Mandy is the 40976th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Mandy is most common among White (72.93%) and Black/African American (18.23%) individuals.
Further reading
Etymology 3
en Mandelson en y<id:diminutive>.
Proper noun
Nickname for Peter Mandelson (born 1953), British politician.
Anagrams
en admny dynam
en Nicknames for individuals
en eponyms
en UK politics