| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪmi/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old French Latin |
| Other names | |
| See also | Amelia Amita Aimee Amélie |
| [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]
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 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 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 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 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 Hastings (born 1976), track and field athlete
- 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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