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Mandy¹

  • /ˈmændi/

Rhymes with -ændi

Where it comes from

Apheretic form of Amanda + -y.

proper noun Mandys · Mandies

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Amanda, popular as a formal given name in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. 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.

Mandy²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hungarian Mándy.

proper noun Mandys

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Mandy³

Where it comes from

Clipping of Mandelson + -y.

proper noun

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

mandy⁴

noun

  1. UK, slang, uncountable The drug MDMA.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mindy, milly, molly, mandela, mandi, manda, amanda, melany, mandia, randy, maddy, melony, mattie, mellie, mendy, maddie

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MLA

"mandy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mandy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mandy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mandy

Chicago

"mandy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mandy.

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@misc{mandy_2026,
  title = {mandy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mandy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}