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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[merriman.livejournal.com]

I remember it being a little different. The "nd" ending to the verb had an implicit command in it and the a is the feminine ending. So I've always thought of it more as "she who must be loved". I paid special attention, as it's my real name, but then I almost failed Latin, so I could have been totally wrong.