Huh

[ithildin]

I've been looking up names for some of the secondary characters for my Queen of Swords fic, and came across in entry for 'Amanda':

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish

Pronounced: ə-MAN-də (English), ah-MAHN-dah (Spanish, Italian) [key]
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love". It came into regular use during the 19th century.

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[sophiedb.livejournal.com]

Heh. I always wondered whether that name came from the French (and possibly others) word for almond: "amande".

There are however a zillion baby name websites out there (oh yes), including one (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Amanda) which states:

It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "fit to be loved, lovable". Amanda first appeared on a 1212 birth record from Warwickshire, England. Literary: poets and playwrights brought this name into popular usage in the 17th century. The name was probably modelled on Miranda. May also be used as a feminine form of Amandus, the name of a sixth-century French saint.

Better? :)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

It wasn't bothering me, I just found it interesting :) I'm a sucker for baby name sites! But that will make Kate happy!

Now if only you could add some padding to April's name. She's feeling left out as 'fourth month' girl :)

[ninjababe.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

Usually, my name is easy to translate. You just look at a calendar for what their version of 'April' is. But, in Japanese, it translates to literally 'Fourth Month'. No thanks...

Someone told me to find the meaning of April and use that as the translation, then add -ko for 'girl child'. April means "Spring, Born, Open". Ummm... No... Even though, 'Spring girl child' has kinda of a ring to it.

Then again, another translation of 'Four' is 'Shi' which also means 'Death' in Japanese, which is why it is never used, and sometimes 'Four' is considered bad luck because of that... There are other words that mean 'Four' so they can avoid 'Shi'. But, I kinda like Shiko...

But, I'll never use it, because it's a bad omen...