Mandy (given name)

Mandy (given name)
Mandy
Pronunciation MAN-dee
Gender Female
Origin
Word/Name English
Meaning Lovable
Other names
Related names Amanda, Miranda, Armand, Mandel, Emmanuel, Manda, Mandie, Mandi

Mandy is a given name, or a nickname for the female name Amanda or Miranda. It is regularly given as an independent name in English-speaking countries since the 1960s, or a nickname for the male names Armand, Mandel or Emmanuel.

It may refer to:

People

  • Peter Mandelson, European Trade Commissioner and Ex-Labour Cabinet Minister, sometimes called "Mandy"
  • Mandy Miller (born 1944), British actress and child star of the film Mandy (1952)
  • Mandy Moore (born 1984), American singer and actress
  • Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), American actor and singer
  • Mandy Rice-Davies (born 1944), famous for her role in the Profumo affair, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime-Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963
  • Mandy Sellars (born 1975), British woman possibly afflicted by Proteus syndrome
  • Mandy Smith (born 1970), British singer, model and actress known professionally as Mandy.


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