by 
Callie Leary
on 07.23.2010
While we're digging around for more information on Iggy Two - super great suggestions about where he might be, btw, guys! - and Hal is working on that iMix of all the Amanda songs, we totally agree that it is worth it to ponder Amanda's initials: AV. If SHE keeps coming back to them, we should too . . . What other AV names did Amanda use? What else could they mean? Audio visual club? AVon calling? We try harder at AVis?
I googled AV and the first 3 results were:
The AV club: pop culture news
AltaVista: a search engine
AV - Wikipedia: Tons of stuff including Antelope Valley in Los Angeles, Access violation and America Votes.She used the name Alison Ventes
It’s the initials of a person.
I also Googled AV and this is what I found:
- AV stands for Anti- Virus
-AV Concepts is a audio-visual rental company and staging company
- www.avweb.com is a avaiation websitegood luck with that
AV used Amy Vincent and Amanda Valintino
I’m not sure if this helps, but I googled Amy Vincent. Well, actuallly I yahooed it, but same thing. Anyway, it said Amy Vincent was born on 1959. And has been a member of the A.S.C since 2002.
I think the initials “AV” can have so many different meanings (as you can see above) and I think that really symbolizes Amanda. Sort of like the different ways people see her. Maybe that’s why these initials are so important…
The beginning and the end. “A” is first, and “V” is not quite the end. It’s Amanda’s way of saying “the end is not yet nigh”. She never mentioned her name’s origin to me, though.
I went on Bing and typed in AV, and its an acronym for a lot of things, but here’s a few: Average, Avenue, Avatar, Active Voice. There’s a lot of the same stuff that’s been mentioned popping up, like tech stuff and aviation and such. As for me, AV used the name Alyce Valcourt.
I’m sure the initials connect to something in some way. I like all of your ideas, but I can’t come up with any of my own yet.
A V is like A/V… could she have something to do with the film industry?
AV used the name Aliah Veronica when I went to school with her.
Here are some I found:
Active Voice
Air Valve
Armored Vehicle
Alta Verapaz (Guatemala, territorial division)
Avoirdupois
Animal-Vegetable
I just realized something; A/V has to do with the film industry.
I mentioned this two weeks ago I think, but Amy Vincent is a cinematographer, basically meaning she was a camerawoman. (I got this all from IMDB, the Internet Movie DataBase).
Now, on to Wiki:
audio-visual
anti-virus
access violation
Province of Avellino, in Italy.Also, Av, is a month of the Hebrew calendar. We’re in Av right now, actually.
AV always makes me think of like audio/visual equipment. Seems a bit too simple for Amanda, though.
Av is sometimes used to be short for “avatar”, something that represents something else. You know, like we use little pictures to represent ourselves online. Amanda used personalities to represent herself… and changed it more often than I change my picture!
I went to thefreedictionary.com, and searched AV in acronyms. Here are all the results:
Average
Audiovisual
Audio/Video
Avenue
Avenue (ESRI ARCview Scripting Language)
Anti-Virus
Aviation
Avatar
Anguilla
AltaVista (search engine)
Adult Video
Analog Video
Avionics
Atrioventricular
Added Value
Avianca (Aerovias del Continente Americano) Colombian Airline
ArcView (ESRI software)
Arteriovenous
Access Violation
Aortic Valve
Aperture Value
Asset Value
Aliso Viejo (California)
Attribute-Value (Cisco)
Authorized Version (same as King James Version) of the Bible
All Views
Aero Vodochody (Czech Republic)
Ad Valorem (a form of tax)
Alterac Valley (World of Warcraft gaming)
Artificial Vagina
Air Vehicle
Avestan
Assessed Value
Avestan (linguistics)
Asociación de Vecinos (Spanish: Neighbors Association)
Armored Vehicle
Active Voice
AeroVironment, Inc (Monrovia, CA)
Amerigo Vespucci
Anti-Virus Vendor
Avoirdupois
Alternative Vote (UK politics; election method)
Air Valve
Alta Verapaz (Guatemala, territorial division)
Seaplane Tender
Avellino, Campania (Italian province)
Approval Voting (election voting systems)
Autovoice (IRC)
Absolute Virtue (Final Fantasy XI gaming)
Asset Visibility
Aerospace Vehicle
Artificial Vision
AUTOVON (now DSN)
Action Verb
Access Verification (Sprint)
Auto Vent
Automatic Voice Network
Airborne Virus
Aversiveness
Allocation Vector
Auxiliary Vector
Ames Waltzer
Assessable Value
Aerial Victory
Attack/Vertical (military aircraft designation)
Architecture Verification
Air Variant (simulation model for ground warfare)
Abrasion Value (engineering/geology)
Assault Vertical
Avionics Verification
Aufenthaltsvertrag (treaty concerning foreign forces in Germany, 1954)
Airspace Viewing
(USN Rating) Aviation Maintenance Technician-emilys861♥
I know its not much, but V is sort of an A upside down. So that might have something to do with something :)
Huh.. Never really noticed that catiemarie. Nice thinking.
-emilys861♥
Hey, my guidance counseler has the last name Avellino, but she never said she was Italian.
-emilys861
Well I have noticed that when people use aliases (Like Amanda) they sometimes like to stay somewhat close to their real name. Maybe her real initals are AV. Or perhaps (I love that word!!) someone close to her like her mom,dad,or sibling has the intials AV
RRRules-Province of Avellino, in Italy is an acronym for AV. maybe that place has somehting to do with Amanda??
Maybe she chose the initials, because she has a sibling with the first name beginning with V. Or maybe Amanda’s last name starts with a V. And her sister/brother has the initials AV.
hmmm… im sure we´ll find out.
im really not sure how important the initials AV really ARE. Amanda’s used all kinds of different names b 4. one of them i think was Charlotte, or Cloe or somthin. i DO think that they represent something very important, possibly enough to find Manda, but i can’t seem 2 think of anything - at the present time. i like all the ideas tht yall came up with alredy though. i like wat catiemarie said bout a V being kinda like an A upside down. that was smart.
those letter av could mean something or nothing at all they might be useless.. y dont we try and figure out y she used all those names.. and y she has no ile..and y she used all those different stories with nia hal and calli(e)
maybe its switched? like instead of her real initials being AV its VA like veronica allen or something?
Maybe all of the AV suggestions are right- Amada is contantly changing according to her surroundings. What if all of her different names simply reflect how she feels, or how she has been effected? She may just keep her initials as AV to make it easily remembered, and so we can find her… After all, Amanda is the type of girl to change her name, style and/ or appearance when need be. Having the same initials just makes it easier for everyone.
Also, as mentioned, AV may be her brothers initials, but it could just as easily be both of theirs; imagine if the whole family’s initials were AV! Has she ever mentioned her parent’s names to anyone? Her parents may have once worked for a company called AV, or prehaps lived in an AV town- maybe even attended an AV school..! Choices, choices, choices…
Does any of the above ring any bells, or is it helping someone just s l i g h t l y . . ?
Maybe we should switch the order. So instead of AV, it may be VA. Or if we figure out Amanda’s middle name, it could also be a clue. Or…..
Maybe her real name is just, Amanda Valentino, and shes trying to confuse us more so than we already are.
Come on, she wants us to find her, but she wants to be all mysterious about it, so shes going to make sure we take one step forward and two steps back.
She wants to confuse us all, so that we are not close enough to find her, and we are taking more time to figure out her ‘so called’ real name, instead of looking over other important things about her.I might be wrong, but its worth thinking about :) x
maybe, A in AV just stands for A. And V stands for another word. AV could mean A Vacuum.
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