A hypocorism ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɒ k ər ɪ z əm / hy- POK -ər-iz-əm or / ˌ h aɪ p ə ˈ k ɒr ɪ z əm / HY -pə- KORR -iz-əm ; from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma ; sometimes also hypocoristic ), or pet name , is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel or Bob for Robert, or it may be unrelated.
10-573: [REDACTED] Look up mandy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mandy or Mandie may refer to: People [ edit ] Mandy (name) , a female given name and nickname Iván Mándy (1918–1995), Hungarian writer Mark Mandy (born 1972), Irish retired high jumper Philip Mandie (born 1942), a former judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia Books [ edit ]
20-617: A 1919 song written by Irving Berlin "Mandy" (Barry Manilow song) , a 1974 version of "Brandy" by Scott English "Mandy" (Jonas Brothers song) , a 2005 song by the American boy band Jonas Brothers TV and film [ edit ] Mandy (1952 film) , a British drama about a deaf child Mandy (2018 film) , an action/mystery film starring Nicolas Cage Mandy (TV series) , British comedy starring Diane Morgan Other uses [ edit ] Mandy.com (Formerly known as Casting Call Pro), UK digital casting website "Mandy",
30-475: A diminutive for the masculine names Armand , Armando , Mandel , Mansur or Emmanuel . Variants, for both male and female, include Mandi , Mandie , and Manda . Its usage as a popular female name can be traced back to at least the beginning of the 20th century, with the song " Mandy " by Irving Berlin in 1919, and the Milly-Molly-Mandy series of children's books by Joyce Lankester Brisley in
40-455: A diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root korízesthai originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words κόρος ( kóros ) 'boy, youth' and κόρη ( kórē ) 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics , the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which
50-569: A series of children's books by Joyce Lankester Brisley Mandi (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mandy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mandy&oldid=1218472673 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
60-496: A street name for the drug MDMA , better known as ecstasy "Randy Mandy", nickname for the 2010 Red Bull RB6 Formula One racing car, given to it by driver, Sebastian Vettel See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Mandy" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles containing Mandies All pages with titles containing Mandys All pages with titles containing Mandy All pages with titles beginning with Mandy Milly-Molly-Mandy ,
70-404: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mandy (name) Mandy can be used as a given name, a diminutive, or a nickname, for both female and male genders. It is often used as a diminutive (i.e., short form, see hypocorism ) of the female names Amanda and Miranda , as well as being a given name in its own right. It is also used as
80-522: The 1920s. The pop songs " Mandy " by Barry Manilow (1974) and the Irish boyband Westlife (2003) and " I'm Mandy Fly Me " by 10cc (1976) speak to the resurgent popularity of the name in more recent times. Hypocorism Etymologically, the term hypocorism is from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα ( hypokórisma ), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι ( hypokorízesthai ), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix hypo- refers in this case to creating
90-750: The standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection , or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with -y / -ie (phonologically /- i / ). Sometimes the suffix -o is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English , but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names, and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually considered distinct from diminutives, but they can also overlap. This name-related article
100-560: The title character of Handy Mandy in Oz (1937), in the "Oz Books" series by Frank Baum and his successors Mandy (comics) , a British girls' comic published 1967–1991 Mandie , a series of children's books written by Lois Gladys Leppard Mandy , a four-part children's book written by Julie Andrews , originally published in 1971 under the pen name Kim Edwards Music [ edit ] Mandy (album) , British singer Mandy Smith's 1988 debut album "Mandy" (Irving Berlin song) ,
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