Amy (name)
Amy is a female given name and a family name that occurs predominantly in English-speaking countries . Amy is also used as an abbreviation of the Thai woman's name Amonrat .
The name is of Old French and Latin origin (French aimer comes from the Latin amare : "to love").
variants
An alternative spelling in English is Amie.
Aimée , Aimée , Aimie ; the form Aimé (French) represents the corresponding male first name.
name day
Name day is February 20th (Saint Amata of Assisi) and November 21st.
Name bearer
First name
- Amy Adams (* 1974), American actress
- Amy Atkinson (* 1989), Guamese soccer player and track and field athlete
- Amy Brenneman (born 1964), American actress
- Amy Chua (* 1962), American university professor, lawyer and publicist
- Amie Comeaux (* 1976–1997) American country singer
- Amy Cragg (* 1984), American long-distance runner
- Amy Diamond (* 1992), Swedish singer
- Amy Dumas (* 1975), former American wrestler
- Amy Grant (* 1960), American singer
- Amy Hargreaves (born 1970), American actress
- Amy Kuney (* 1985), American musician
- Amy Lee (* 1981), American singer, pianist and songwriter
- Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American suffragette and poet
- Amy Macdonald (* 1987), Scottish-British singer
- Amy Madigan (born 1950), American actress
- Amy Price-Francis (born 1975), Canadian actress
- Amy Ryan (born 1969), American actress
- Amy Ried (* 1985), American porn actress
- Amy Robsart (1532-1560); English nobles
- Amy Sedaris (born 1961); American actress and comedian
- Amy Smart (born 1976), American actress
- Amii Stewart (born 1956), American singer
- Amy Thomson (* 1958), American writer
- Amy Tryon (1970–2012), American eventing rider
- Amy Winehouse (1983-2011), British singer and songwriter
- Amy Woodforde-Find (1860-1919), English composer
family name
- Curtis Amy (1929–2002), American tenor and soprano saxophonist
- Dennis Amy (* 1932), British diplomat
- George Amy (1903–1986), American film editor
- Gilbert Amy (* 1936), French composer
- Robert Amy (1904–1986), French architect, building researcher and archaeologist
- Susie Amy (born 1981), British actress