Mandy

See also: mandy and Mándy

English

Etymology 1

Apheretic form of Amanda +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Proper noun

Mandy (plural Mandys or Mandies)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Amanda, popular as a formal given name in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
   • 1928, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 1, in Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories:

     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.

   • 1994, P.D.James, Original Sin, →ISBN, page 10:

     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

Borrowed from Hungarian Mándy.

Proper noun

Mandy (plural Mandys)

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mandy is the 40976^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mandy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 504.

Etymology 3

Clipping of Mandelson +‎ -y.

Proper noun

Mandy

1. Nickname for Peter Mandelson (born 1953), British politician.

Anagrams

• dynam