| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪmi/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old French Latin |
| Meaning | Beloved one or well-loved child |
| Other names | |
| See also | Amelia Amita Aimee Amélie Amina Amira (name) |
Amy is an English feminine given name, the English version of the French Aimée, which means beloved. It was used as a diminutive of the Latin name Amata, a name derived from the passive participle of amare, “to love”. The name has been in use in the Anglosphere since the Middle Ages. It was among the 50 most popular names for girls in England between 1538 and 1700. It was popularized in the 19th century in the Anglosphere by a character in Sir Walter Scott's 1821 novel Kenilworth, which was based on the story of Amy Robsart. Enslaved Black women in the United States prior to the American Civil War were more likely to bear the name than white American women because slave masters often chose their names from literary sources. The name declined in use after 1880 but was revived due to the hit song Once in Love with Amy from the 1948 Broadway musical Where's Charley?. The name peaked in usage in the United States between 1973 and 1976, when it was among the five most popular names for American girls. It remained among the top 250 names for American girls in the early 2020s.
People
A–E
- Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress
- Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator
- Amy Adams (born 1974), American actress
- Amy Alcott (born 1956) , American Hall of Fame golfer
- Amy Archer-Gilligan (1873–1962), American serial killer
- Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer and pianist
- Amy Wroe Bechtel (born 1972), American woman who has been missing since 1997
- Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress
- Amy Braverman, American statistician
- Amy Brenneman (born 1964), American actress
- Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress and singer
- Amy Callaghan (born 1992), British politician
- Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), British missionary to India
- Amy Castle (born 1990), American actress and internet personality
- Amy Cimorelli (born 1995), American singer
- Amy Carter (born 1967), American political activist
- Amy Chan (born 1962), Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer
- Amy Chan (badminton) (born 1961), player from Hong Kong
- Amy Chen (born 1992), known as Chen Haoyu, Chinese singer
- Amy Cheng, Singaporean actress
- Amy Cheung (artist), conceptual artist
- Amy Cheung (writer) (born 1967), Hong Kong writer
- Amy Childs (born 1990), English reality TV star
- Amy Chow (born 1978), American retired gymnast
- Amy Chua (born 1962), Chinese-American law professor and writer
- Amy Connolly, American physicist
- Amy Cotton (born 1980), Canadian judoka
- Amy Coney Barrett (born 1972), American Supreme Court Associate Justice
- Amy Dalby (1888–1969), British actress
- Amy Davidson (born 1979), American actress
- Amy Diamond (born 1992), Swedish singer
- Amy Dumas (born 1975), American singer, retired WWE professional wrestler
F–R
- Amy Fan (born 1971), Hong Kong–based actress
- Amy Fisher (born 1974), American criminal and cause célèbre
- Amy Flagg (1893–1965), British historian and photographer.
- Amy Garnett (born 1976), English rugby player
- Amy Goodman (born 1957), American journalist
- Amy Grant (born 1960), American Christian contemporary pop singer
- Amy Hargreaves (born 1970), American actress
- Amy Harvey (born 2002), Japanese singer and model from the girl group XG
- Amy Heidemann, (born 1986), American rapper and singer known professionally as Qveen Herby
- Amy Beth Hayes (born 1982), British actress
- Amy Faye Hayes (born 1973), American ring announcer and model
- Amy Harris, Australian ballet dancer
- Amy Hastings (born 1976), track and field athlete
- Amy Heckerling (born 1954), American film director
- Amy Hempel (born 1951) American writer and journalist
- Amy Hennig (born 1964), video game director and script writer
- Amy Hill (born 1953), American actress
- Amy Holland (born 1953), American pop rock singer
- Amy Hurlston (1865–1949), British journalist and trade unionist
- Amy Irving (born 1953), American actress
- Amy Jackson (born 1992), English actress
- Amy Jackson (born 1987), Australian footballer
- Amy Johnson (1903–1941), English aviator
- Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
- Amy Klobuchar (born 1960), a United States senator from Minnesota
- Amy Knight (born 1946), American historian
- Amy Kremenek, American academic administrator
- Amy Kuhn, American politician
- Amy Kwok (born 1967), former Miss Hong Kong winner and actress based in Hong Kong
- Amy Lee (born 1981), American singer-songwriter, pianist and lead singer of Evanescence
- Amy Lee (saxophonist), American musician
- Amy Lindsay, American actress
- Amy Locane (born 1971), American actress
- Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet
- Amy Malek (c. 1979/1980), American scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist
- Amy McDonald (Scottish footballer) (born 1985), Scottish football player and coach
- Amy Macdonald (born 1987), British singer-songwriter
- Amy MacDonald, American author
- Amy Mainzer (born 1974), American astronomer
- Amy Malbeuf, Canadian-Métis visual artist, educator, and cultural tattoo practitioner
- Amy Meisak (born 1993), Scottish model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Amy Millan (born 1973), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Amy Miller (born 1980), Canadian filmmaker
- Amy Ndiaye, Senegalese politician
- Amy Neighbors (born 1975), American politician
- Amy Nuttall (born 1982), British actress and singer
- Amy O'Neill (born 1971), American actress/performer.
- Amy Palmer (born 1975), American hammer thrower
- Amy Parkinson (1855–1938), Canadian poet
- Amy Parmenter (born 1997), Australian netball player
- Amy Pemberton (born 1988), British actress
- Amy Perez (born 1969), Filipina television presenter
- Amy Phillips (born 1978), British Comedian and impressionist
- Amy Poehler (born 1971), American comedian and actress
- Amy Purdy (born 1979), American Paralympic Snowboarder and TV Personality
- Amy Ray (born 1964), American singer-songwriter, half of the Indigo Girls duo
- Amy Redford (born 1970), American actress, daughter of Robert Redford
- Amy Richardson (1973–2023), American bodybuilder
- Amy Robach (born 1973), American television journalist
- Amy Rodriguez (born 1987), American soccer player
- Amy Ryan (born 1968), American actress
S–Z
- Amy Sanderson (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
- Amy Satterthwaite (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer
- Amy Sayer (born 2001), Australian footballer
- Amy Schumer (born 1981), American comedian and actress
- Amy Schwartz (athlete) (born 1969), former American professional tennis player and amateur golfer
- Amy Schwartz (author) (1954 – 2023), American author and illustrator of children's books
- Amy Schwartz Moretti (born 1975), American violinist
- Amy Sedaris (born 1961), American actress, author, and comedian
- Amy Seimetz (born 1981), American actress, writer, producer, director, and editor
- Amy Segerstedt (1835–1928), Swedish teacher, folk teacher, philanthropist
- Amy Sky (born 1960), Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
- Amy Sloan (born 1978), Canadian actress
- Amy Soranno (born 1993/1994), Canadian animal rights activist
- Amy Smart (born 1976), American actress and fashion model
- Amy Spain (1848–1865), American slave
- Amy Spanger (born 1971), American actress
- Amy Spangler (born 1949), American activist
- Amy Spurway (born 1976), Canadian author
- Amy Stanley, Canadian actress who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television
- Amy Steel (born 1960), American actress
- Amy Studt (born 1986), British singer-songwriter
- Amy Summers (born 1963), American state representative from West Virginia
- Amy Tan (born 1952), American writer
- Amy Tinkler (born 1999), British gymnast
- Amy Tong (born 1977), American judoka
- Amy Veness (1876–1960), British actress
- Amy Vermeulen (born 1983), Canadian football (soccer) forward
- Amy Walker (born 1982), American actress and singer
- Amy Wallace (1955-2013), American writer
- Amy Wang (born 2002), American table tennis player
- Amy Robbins Ware (1877–1929), American author, world court worker, volunteer Red Cross nurse
- Amy Wax (born 1953), American law professor
- Amy Weber (born 1970), American model, singer, actress, and former WWE professional wrestler
- Amy Welborn (born 1960), an American author
- Amy Willerton (1992), English television presenter, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Amy Williams (born 1982), British Olympic Skeleton champion
- Amy Winehouse (1983–2011), British singer-songwriter
- Amy Winfrey, American animator
- Amy Witting (born 1918–2001), Australian writer
- Amy Wong (producer), Hong Kong television drama producer
- Amy Wing-Hann Wong, Canadian visual artist
- Amy Wright (born 1950), American actress
- Amy Wyss (born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist.
- Amy Yasbeck (born 1962), American actress
- Amy Zegart (born 1967), American writer and academic
- Amy Zongo (born 1980), French athlete
Fictional characters
- Amy, a character from Barney and the Backyard Gang.
- Amy, a character from Canadian teen drama series The Next Step.
- Amy, a character from Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.
- Amy, a character in the film Would You Rather.
- Amy the Amethyst Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise.
- Amy Alden, the main character and 13-year-old daughter of Aliane and Tom Alden in the film Fly Away Home.
- Amy Amanda Allen, reporter in The A-Team
- Amy Anderson, the civilian name of Sailor Mercury in the English dub of the popular anime, Sailor Moon.
- Amy Anderson and Amy Winter in the animated TV series Louds
- Amy Antsler, one of the main characters in the film Booksmart.
- Amy Barlow, character in soap opera Coronation Street.
- Amy Barnes, character in soap opera Hollyoaks.
- Amy Bendix, a character in The Punisher.
- Amy Bradshaw, the main character in D.E.B.S..
- Amy Cahill, one of the main characters of The 39 Clues series.
- Amy Dorrit, the main character in the novel Little Dorrit, also in a television serialisation of the novel.
- Amy Duncan, the main character in the TV show Good Luck Charlie
- Amy Elliott Dunne, the main character in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Amy Enker, titular character of Australian film Amy.
- Amy Farrah Fowler, a character in the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
- Amy Fleming Borden, the main character in the TV series Heartland.
- Amy Gardner, lobbyist and the First Lady's Chief of Staff in The West Wing.
- Amy Gillis, a character in American TV series Clarence.
- Amy Gray, a judge in the television series Judging Amy.
- Amy Greene, Rachel Greene's younger sister in the TV series Friends.
- Amy Grimes, a character in the film Cyberbully.
- Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart, a character from the Pitch Perfect film series.
- Amy Juergens, the main character in the teen show The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
- Amy Limietta, from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series.
- Amy MacDougall, Robert Barone's girlfriend on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.
- Amy Madden / Havoc, main character in the Disney series The Villains of Valley View.
- Amy Madison, in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Amy March, from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
- Amy Matthews, Cory Matthews' mother in the TV series Boy Meets World.
- Amy Medford, the title character of Amy (1981 film), a Walt Disney Pictures live-action film.
- Amy Minoru, the older sister of Nico Minoru in the TV series Runaways.
- Amelia "Amy" Pond, companion of the Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who.
- Amy Pond, a character in the TV series Supernatural.
- Amy Raudenfeld, a main character in the TV series Faking It.
- Amy Rose, a character from the video game franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Amy Santiago, a main character in the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Amy Sorel, a playable female character in the Soul series of fighting games.
- Amy Sosa, a main character in the NBC sitcom Superstore.
- Amy Squirrel, a main character in the film Bad Teacher.
- Amy Sutton, a character in the Sweet Valley High series.
- Amy Szalinski, a character from the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise.
- Amy Warnicker, a character in the film Footloose.
- Amy Wong, a character in the animated TV series Futurama
- Amy Yuuzuki, a main character in the TV series Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
- Amy, a playable character in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation
- Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort, real name Amy, a playable character in Genshin Impact
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Amy
- All pages with titles containing Amy
- Aimee
- Aime
- Ami (given name)
References
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- Uckelman, Joel; Uckelman, Sara L. "Sancta". dmnes.org. Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- Evans, Cleveland Kent (February 23, 2021). "We can thank pop culture for scores of Gen X Amys". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
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