Amy
| 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 |
| [1] | |
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.[2] 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.[3]
People
A–E
- Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress
- Amy Vera Ackman (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 T. Austin, Argentine ecologist
- 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 Lynn Bradley (born 1974, disappeared 1998), missing American woman
- 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 Dafler Meaux, American priest
- Amy Dalby (1888–1969), British actress
- Amy Davidson (born 1979), American actress
- Amy Denson (born 1984), American basketball player
- 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 Linden, American music critic
- 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 Sackville (born 1981), British writer
- Amy Sadao (born 1971), American art institution director, writer, juror, and lecturer
- Amy Salerno (born 1956), American politician
- Amy Sanders (born 1983), American basketball player
- Amy Sanderson (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
- Amy Satterthwaite (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer
- Amy Saunders, British producer, performer, comedian, and curator
- Amy Sawyer (1863–1945), British painter
- Amy Sayer (born 2001), Australian footballer
- Amy Schatz, American director and producer
- Amy Schneider (born 1979), American writer and game show contestant
- Amy Scholder (born 1963), American editor and filmmaker
- Amy Schulman, American businessperson
- Amy Schumer (born 1981), American comedian and actress
- Amy Schwartz (born 1969), American professional tennis player and amateur golfer
- Amy Schwartz (1954–2023), American author and illustrator of children's books
- Amy Schwartz Moretti (born 1975), American violinist
- Amy Scurria (born 1973), American composer
- Amy Sedaris (born 1961), American actress, author, and comedian
- Amy Sedgwick (1835–1897), British actress
- Amy Seimetz (born 1981), American actress, writer, producer, director, and editor
- Amy Segerstedt (1835–1928), Swedish teacher, folk teacher, philanthropist
- Amy Seiwert, American ballet choreographer
- Amy Sène (born 1986), French-Senegalese hammer thrower
- Amy Serrano (born 1966), American author and film director
- Amy Sewell (born 1963), American author and filmmaker
- Amy Shark (born 1986), Australian musician
- Amy Sharrocks, British artist
- Amy Shearn (born 1979), American novelist
- Amy Sheehan (born 1986), Australian freestyle skier
- Amy Sheldon (born 1966), American politician
- Amy Shelyon, American cognitive psychology researcher and academic administrator
- Amy Sheppard (born 1990), Australian singer-songwriter
- Amy Sherald (born 1973), American portrait painter
- Amy Sherman-Palladino (born 1966), American television writer, director, and producer
- Amy Sherwin (1855–1935), Australian soprano singer
- Amy Shields (born 1990), American unicyclist
- Amy Shiels (born 1991), Irish actress
- Amy Shindler, British actress and television writer
- Amy Shuard (1924–1975), English opera singer
- Amy Shuler Goodwin (born 1971), American politician
- Amy Shuman (1925–2014), American baseball player
- Amy Siemons (born 1985), Dutch Paralympic athlete
- Amy Sillman (born 1955), American painter
- Amy Silverman (born 1967), American author, journalist, and blogger
- Amy Rose Silverman (born 1966), American real estate developer and philanthropist
- Amy Silverstein (1963–2023), American medical memoirist
- Amy Simon, American planetary scientist
- Amy Sinclair (born 1975), American politician
- Amy Singer, American historian
- Amy Singer (born 1953), American psychologist
- Amy Siskind (born 1965), American activist and writer
- Amy Skieresz (born 1976), American middle-distance runner
- Amy Skillman, American folklorist
- Amy Skubitz, American immunologist
- Amy Sky (born 1960), Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and television host
- Amy Sloan, Canadian actress
- Amy Smith (born 2004), Australian cricketer
- Amy Smith (born 1987), British swimmer
- Amy Smith (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
- Amy Smart (born 1976), American actress and fashion model
- Amy Snider (born 1942), Canadian hurdler
- Amy Sloan (born 1978), Canadian actress
- Amy Soranno (born 1993/1994), Canadian animal rights activist
- Amy Sohn, American author
- Amy Soranno (born 1993 or 1994), Canadian animal rights activist
- Amy Sol (born 1981), American painter
- Amy Spain (1848–1865), American slave
- Amy Spanger (born 1971), American actress
- Amy Spangler (born 1949), American activist
- Amy Speace, American singer-songwriter
- Amy Spencer (born 1985), English sprinter
- Amy Spurway (born 1976), Canadian author
- Amy St. Eve (born 1965), American federal judge
- Amy Stanley, American author and historian
- Amy Dru Stanley, American historian
- Amy Steadman (born 1984), American soccer player
- Amy Stewart, American author
- Amy Steel (born 1960), American actress
- Amy Stein (born 1970), American photographer
- Amy Stephens, American politician and lawyer
- Amy Stoch, American actress
- Amy Studt (born 1986), British singer-songwriter
- Amy Suehiro (1906–1968), Japanese entomologist
- Amy Sueyoshi, American historian
- Amy Summers (born 1963), American politician
- Amy Swensen (born 1980), American field hockey player
- Amy Swonger (born 1974), American political advisor
- Amy Talkington, American filmmaker, screenwriter, and author
- Amy Tan (born 1952), American writer
- Amy Tanner (1870-1956), American psychologist
- Amy Taubin (born 1938), American author and film critic
- Amy Taylor (born 1996), Australian musician and activist
- Amy Taylor (born 2000), English professional golfer
- Amy Shira Teitel, Canadian author, popular science writer, historian, and YouTuber
- Amy Tennant (born 1994), English field hockey player
- Amy Mbacke Thiam (born 1976), Senegalese sprinter
- Amy Thielen, American chef, food writer, and television personality
- Amy Thiessen, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Amy Thompson (born 1994), Luxembourgish footballer
- Amy S. Thompson (born 1979), American linguist
- Amy Thomson (born 1987), British entrepreneur
- Amy Thomson (born 1958), American writer
- Amy Timberlake, American author
- Amy Timlin (born 1999), English boxer
- Amy Tinkler (born 1999), British gymnast
- Amy Tipton (born 1980), American actress
- Amy Toensing, American photojournalist
- Amy Tolsky (born 1961), American actress
- Amy Tong (born 1977), American judoka
- Amy Toscani (born 1963), American sculptor
- Amy Totenberg (born 1950), American judge
- Amy Toungara (born 1944), Ivorian politician
- Amy Towers (born 1970), American philanthropist and businesswoman
- Amy Townsend-Small (born 1976), American university teacher
- Amy Trappey, Taiwanese industrial engineer
- Amy Trask, American lawyer
- Amy Trigg (born 1992), British actress and writer
- Amy Truesdale (born 1989), British para taekwondo practitioner
- Amy Tryon (1970–2012), American equestrian eventer
- Amy Tuck (born 1963), American attorney and politician
- Amy Tucker, American basketball player and coach
- Amy Turner, American rower
- Amy Turner (born 1984), New Zealand rugby league and union player
- Amy Turner (born 1984), England international rugby union player
- Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023), Japanese-American poet
- Amy Vachal (born 1988), American singer-songwriter
- Amy Vachon (born 1978), American basketball player and coach
- Amy Van Buuren (born 1969), Dutch tennis player
- Amy Van Dyken (born 1973), American Olympic champion swimmer
- Amy Van Keeken, Canadian musician
- Amy Van Nostrand (born 1953), American actress
- Amy Van Singel (1949–2016), American radio host and music journalist
- Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974), American author and socialite
- Amy Vedder (born 1951), American ecologist, primatologist, and conservationist
- Amy Veness (1876–1960), British actress
- Amy Vermeulen (born 1983), Canadian football forward
- Amy Vilela (born 1974 or 1975), American politician
- Amy Villarejo, American academic and writer
- Amy Vincent, American cinematographer
- Amy Vine (born 1991), Australian cricketer
- Amy Viranya Berry (born 1998), British-Thai beauty queen and model
- Amy Vitale (born 1977), American model, actress, and wrestling valet
- Amy Voce (born 1982), English radio broadcaster
- Amy Volk (born 1969), American politician
- Amy Sue Vruwink (born 1975), American politician
- 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 Wright (born 1980), American basketball coach
- Amy Wyss (born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist
- Amy Yamada (born 1959), Japanese writer
- Amy Yamazaki (born 1991), British actress
- Amy Yang (born 1989), South Korean golfer
- Amy Yao (born 1977), American visual artist
- Amy Yasbeck (born 1962), American actress
- Amy Yates (born 1998), Australian cricketer
- Amy Yip (born 1966), Hong Kong actress
- Amy Youin (born 1998), Ivorian freestyle wrestler
- Amy Yuratovac (born 1982), American boxer
- Amy Zegart (born 1967), American writer and academic
- Amy Ziering (born 1962), American filmmaker
- 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 Cassidy, from the TV show Bosom Buddies
- 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 Teo, a character from the BBC medical drama, Holby City
- Amy Warnicker, a character in the film Footloose.
- Amy Wong, a character in the animated TV series Futurama
- Amy Yoshida, a character in the manga series, Case Closed
- Amy Yuuzuki, a main character in the TV series Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
- Amy, a playable character in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation
- Amy, the real name of Fischl, a character in 2020 video game 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.