Manda

See also: manda, mandá, mandà, and mända

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Manda

1. a Dravidian language of southern India.
2. an aboriginal language of Australia.
3. a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Manda, mha ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Manda, zma ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Manda, mgs ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Manda, id ⁠

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Manda

1. A diminutive of the female given name Amanda

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hindi मन्दा (mandā). Also from a Czech derivative of the female personal name Magdalena.

Proper noun

Manda (plural Mandas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Manda is the 33810^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Manda is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (44.58%) and White (40.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Manda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 502.

Anagrams

• adman, A. and M., amand, Madan, ad-man, Daman, daman, A and M, da man

Chichewa

Etymology

From Tumbuka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmá.ⁿda/

Proper noun

Mánda

1. a surname from Tumbuka

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Manda was the 16th most common surname in Malawi (64 303 persons = 0.4 percent of the population) and the 54th most common surname in Zambia (29 815 persons = 0.2 percent of the population).

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmanda/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmanda/

Proper noun

Manda f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Manda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Manda	Mandě	Mandy
genitive	Mandy	Mandú	Mand
dative	Mandě	Mandama	Mandám
accusative	Mandu	Mandě	Mandy
vocative	Mando	Mandě	Mandy
locative	Mandě	Mandú	Mandách
instrumental	Mandú	Mandama	Mandami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Manda”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění