Daily AncestorManda
Manda is an old nickname for Amanda, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Manda is a short form of Amanda. Manda appears as a pet form of Amanda on the Connecticut State Library's list of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
The same woman can be Amanda in one record and Manda in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two.
As seen in a record1850 census; her 1834 marriage record calls her Amanda
Manda Birtwhistle, 35, F, N.C.
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Daily Ancestor. "Manda." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/manda. Last checked 2026-10-15.