Amy

Amy
Pronunciation	/ˈeɪmi/
Gender	Female
Origin
Language(s)	Old French; Latin
Meaning	Beloved or well-loved
Other names
See also	Amelia; Amita; Aimee; Amélie ; Amina; Amira (name)

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, 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 Connolly, American physicist
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 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 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 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 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 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 Stanley, Canadian actress who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television
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 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 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 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 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

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.

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