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All around the world, Amand (Amando , Аман , Amandus ) is a common male first name. The first name Amand is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common masculine name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a common primarily male, but scarcely girly name, and Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common masculine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Mexico, Philippines, and Kazakhstan. Likewise, Amand is the last name as well as the forename.
Amand is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Amando (Spermando) , the operatic character in the opera Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti and Amandus , the operatic character in the opera Die Zaubergeige.