Amy
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Amy is a given name, a variant of "Aimee", which means beloved in French, from Old French amede, from Latin amāta, feminine singular past participle of amāre "to love". The name may also originate from French Ami, which means friend.
Amy can also be a diminutive of "Amelia". Amelia is derived from a separate root word, the Germanic amal, "to work."
Famous people with the given name Amy
- Amy Acker, American actress
- Amy Adams, American actress
- Amy Brenneman, American actress
- Amy Bruckner, American actress
- Amy Carmichael, missionary to India
- Amy Carter, political activist and daughter of Jimmy Carter
- Amy Cotton, Canadian Judoka
- Amy Davidson, American actress
- Amy Diamond, Swedish-British singer
- Amy Dumas, American singer and former professional wrestler
- Amy Grant, American Christian contemporary pop singer
- Amy Irving, American actress
- Amy Lindsay, American actress
- Amy Johnson, a noted English aviatrix
- Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
- Amy Klobuchar, United States senator from Minnesota
- Amy Kotel, Dancer extraordinaire, dance teacher, and woman Zhem intends to marry and live with forever
- Amy Lee, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- Amy Lynn, American radio host
- Amy Lowell, American poet
- Amy Macdonald, Disambiguation
- Amy Millan, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Amy Poehler, American comedian and actress
- Amy Ray, American singer-songwriter
- Amy Ryan, American actress
- Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress
- Amy Sedaris, American actress, author, and comedian
- Amy Smart, American actress and fashion model
- Amy Studt, British singer-songwriter
- Amy Tan, American writer
- Amy Tong, American Judoka
- Amy Weber, American model, actress and former WWE Diva
- Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter
Fictional
- Amy March, a character from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Amy Anderson, Sailor Mercury in the hit T.V. show Sailor Moon
- Amy Gardner, a lobbyist and the First Lady's Chief of Staff in The West Wing
- Amy Rose, a character from the video game franchise Sonic the Hedgehog
- Amy Sorel, a playable female character in the Soul series of fighting games
- Amy Wong, a character in the hit T.V. show Futurama
- Amy Madison, a character in the hit T.V. show Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Amy Sutton, a character in the Sweet Valley High series
Chillers
- Amy Langsford, world's greatest chiller
See also
- Aimee
- Ami (Japanese name) (unrelated to Amy, similar spelling)