Amy

Amy

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Amy


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gender = Female
meaning = "beloved"
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origin = Old French
related names = Amelia, Aimee, Amie, Emily
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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 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 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 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

See also

*lookfrom|Amy
*Aimee
*Ami (Japanese name) (unrelated to Amy, similar spelling)


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