Amy
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| Amy | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | AY-mee |
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Old French Latin |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "Beloved" |
| Other names | |
| See also | Amelia, Aimee, Amyee |
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Amy is a given name, sometimes short for Amelia or Amanda. In French, the name is spelled "Aimée", which means beloved. In ancient Irish it has been translated as "little it".
[edit] Notable people with the given name Amy
- Amy Acker, American actress
- Amy Adams, American actress and occasional singer
- Amy Brenneman, American actress
- Amy Bruckner, American actress and singer
- Amy Carmichael, missionary to India
- Amy Carter, political activist
- Amy Chua, Chinese-American law professor and writer
- Amy Cotton, Canadian judoka
- Amy Dalby, British actress
- Amy Davidson, American actress
- Amy Diamond, Swedish-British singer
- Amy Dumas, American singer and former professional wrestler
- Amy Fisher, The Long Island Lolita and a porn star
- Amy Grant, American Christian contemporary pop singer
- Amy Beth Hayes, British actress
- Amy Hennig, video game director and script writer
- Amy Irving, American actress
- Amy Lindsay, American actress
- Amy Johnson, English aviatrix
- Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
- Amy Jordyn of the Duggar Family, a minor American reality TV star
- Amy Klobuchar, a United States senator from Minnesota
- Amy Lee, American singer-songwriter, pianist and lead singer of Evanescence
- Amy Lee (saxophonist), American musician
- Amy Lowell, American poet
- Amy MacDonald (disambiguation), multiple people
- Amy Millan, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Amy Nuttall, British actress and singer
- Amy O'Neill, American actress/performer.
- Amy Palmer, American hammer thrower
- Amy Phillips, British Comedian and impressionist
- Amy Poehler, American comedian and actress
- Amy Ray, American singer-songwriter, half of the Indigo Girls duo
- Amy Ryan, American actress
- Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress
- Amy Sedaris, American actress, author, and comedian
- Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
- Amy Smart, American actress and fashion model
- Amy Studt, British singer-songwriter
- Amy Tan, American writer
- Amy Tong, American judoka
- Amy Veness, British actress
- Amy Vermeulen, Canadian football (soccer) forward
- Amy Walker, American actress and singer
- Amy Weber, American model, actress and former WWE Diva
- Amy Welborn, an American author
- Amy Williams (born 1982), British Olympic Skeleton champion
- Amy Winehouse (1983–2011), British singer-songwriter
- Amy Winfrey, American animator
- Amy Yasbeck (born 1962), American actress
[edit] Fictional characters
- Amy Anderson (later, Mizuno), name in the English dub of the Sailor Moon series, of Ami Mizuno, the alter ego of Sailor Mercury
- Amy Brookes, playable character in the sequel to the 2004 ObsCure (video game)
- Amy Cahill, one of the main characters of The 39 Clues series
- Amy Duncan, main character in the TV show, Good Luck Charlie
- Amy Denver, character in the novel "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
- Amy Gardner, lobbyist and the First Lady's Chief of Staff in The West Wing
- Amy Green (Friends character), Rachel Green's little sister in the TV series Friends, played by Christina Applegate
- Amy Juergens, main character in the teen show The Secret Life of the American Teenager
- Amy Limietta, a character from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series
- Amy MacDougall, Robert Barone's girlfriend on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
- Amy Madison, a character in the hit TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Amy March, character from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Amy Pond, companion of the Doctor in the British T.V. show Doctor Who
- Amy Rose, character from the video game franchise Sonic the Hedgehog
- Amy Sorel, playable female character in the Soul series of fighting games
- Amy Sutton, character in the Sweet Valley High series
- Amy Wong, character in the television show Futurama
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with "Amy"
- Aimee
- Ami (Japanese name) (unrelated to Amy, similar spelling)
- Amy (disambiguation)
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