Mandy is the English diminutive of Amanda — from the Latin amandus (worthy of love, lovable). **A top-100 US baby name from 1976 to 1991, peaking at #82 in 1981**. **Mandy Moore (born 1984)** — **American singer and actress; teen pop star with 2001's *I Wanna Be With You* and *Candy* (1999, #41 Billboard Hot 100); transitioned to film with *A Walk to Remember* (2002) and *Tangled* (2010, voice of Rapunzel)**. **Played Rebecca Pearson on NBC's *This Is Us* (2016-2022) for six seasons — Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nominations**. **Sang "Always Remember Me" written for *Tangled*, Oscar-nominated 2011**. **Barry Manilow's "Mandy" (1974)** — his first US #1 single, originally written as "Brandy" by Scott English about a dog (lyrics later revised to be about a woman). **Mandy Patinkin** is male (*The Princess Bride*, *Homeland*). **Mandy Rice-Davies** — British showgirl in the Profumo affair (1963).
Featured throughout 2000s-2020s American film and TV.
Mandy reduces to four — the number of worthy of love.