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Amandalee
How to Pronounce Amandalee
Pronounced uh-MAN-duh-lee /əˈmændəliː/Medium
Meaning: Amandalee joins Amanda, from the Latin amanda, 'worthy of love, lovable' (a gerundive of amare, 'to love'), to Lee, from the Old English leah, 'meadow, clearing.' Together they read as 'lovable one of the meadow,' a compound whose meaning comes straight from its two parts.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Amandalee is a run-together compound of Amanda and Lee. Amanda, from the Latin for 'worthy of love,' was a chart-topping favorite in the nineteen-eighties, and Lee, the Old English 'meadow,' was a beloved tag-on. Fusing the two into one first name was a signature move of that decade's naming style.
The compound was always rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-eighties and to barely more than a hundred all told, even as plain Amanda soared. An Amandalee from then is about forty now, a neat snapshot of eighties taste.
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What does the name Amandalee mean?
It combines Amanda, from the Latin for 'worthy of love,' with Lee, from Old English for 'meadow.'
How do you pronounce Amandalee?
It is said uh-MAN-duh-lee /əˈmændəliː/ - four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Amandalee a boy or girl name?
Amandalee is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Amandalee?
It was always rare and peaked in a small way in the mid-nineteen-eighties, at the height of the Amanda trend.