Amy
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Amy is a given name, a variant of "Aimée", which means beloved in French, from Old French amede, from Latin amāta, feminine singular past participle of amāre "to love".
Amy is also the usual diminutive of "Amelia", although in this case being derived from a separate root word, the Germanic amal, "to work."
[edit] Famous people with the given name Amy
- Amy Acker, an actress
- Amy Blackmur, a radio presenter on Australian youth radio station Triple J
- Amy Brenneman, an actress appearing in Heat and Daylight
- Amy Carmichael, missionary to India
- Amy Carter, political activist and daughter of Jimmy Carter
- Amy Grant, contemporary pop singer
- Amy Johnson, a noted English aviatrix
- Amy Jo Johnson, an actress
- Amy Lee, the lead singer of Evanescence
- Amy Palant, an American voice actress
- Amy Smart, an actress
- Amy Studt a singer
- Amy Tan, writer
- Amy Klobuchar, politician
- Amy Howell, youth director
- Amy Evans, a brilliant musician
- Amy, former valet on WWE Friday Night SmackDown!
[edit] Fictional
- Amy Barone, a character in the TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
- Amy Madison, a character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Amy March, a character in Little Women
- Amy Rose, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games
- Amy Sorel, a character from the Soul series of fighting games
- Amy Wong, a character in the animated sci-fi series Futurama
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with Amy
- Aimee
- Ami (Japanese name) (unrelated to Amy, similar spelling)
