Amy
For other uses, see Amy (disambiguation).
| Amy | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | AY-mee |
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) |
Old French Latin |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "Beloved" |
| Other names | |
| See also |
Amelia Aimee |
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Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amelia or Amita. In French, the name is spelled "Aimée", which means "beloved".
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 Cimorelli, singer
- Amy Carter, political activist
- Amy Childs, English reality TV star
- Amy Chow, retired gymnast
- Amy Chua, Chinese-American law professor and writer
- Amy Cotton, Canadian judoka
- Amy Dalby, British actress
- Amy Davidson, American actress
- Amy Diamond, Swedish singer
- Amy Dumas, American singer, retired WWE professional wrestler
- Amy Fisher, The Long Island Lolita and a pornographic actress
- Amy Garnett, English rugby player
- Amy Goodman, American journalist
- Amy Grant, American Christian contemporary pop singer
- Amy Beth Hayes, British actress
- Amy Heckerling (born 1954), American film director
- Amy Hempel (born 1951) American writer and journalist
- Amy Hennig, video game director and script writer
- Amy Hill (born 1953), American actress
- Amy Holland (born 1953), American pop rock singer
- Amy Irving, American actress
- Amy Lindsay, American actress
- Amy Johnson, English aviatrix
- Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
- 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, British singer-songwriter
- Amy MacDonald, American author
- Amy Mainzer, American astronomer
- 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 Purdy, American Paralympic Snowboarder and TV Personality
- 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 Sloan, Canadian actress
- 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, singer, actress, and former WWE professional wrestler
- 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 Witting (born 1918-2001), Australian writer
- 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 Cahill, one of the main characters of The 39 Clues series.
- Amy Dorrit, the main character in the TV series Little Dorrit.
- Amy Duncan, the main character in the TV show, Good Luck Charlie.
- Amy Dunne, main character in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
- Amy Farrah Fowler, Sheldon Cooper's girlfriend on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
- Amy Fleming Borden, main character in the TV series Heartland.
- Amy Gardner, lobbyist and the First Lady's Chief of Staff in The West Wing.
- Amy Green, Rachel Green's younger sister in the TV series Friends.
- 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 Matthews, Cory Matthews' mother in the TV series Boy Meets World.
- Amy Madison, a character in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Amy March, a character from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
- Amy Pond, companion of the Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who.
- Amy Raudenfeld, a main character in the TV series Faking It.
- Amy Rose, a character from the video game franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Amy Sorel, a playable female character in the Soul series of fighting games.
- Amy Sutton, a character in the Sweet Valley High series.
- Amy Szalinski, a character from the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise.
- Amy Wong, a character in the TV series Futurama.
Film & television
- Amy (1981 film), a Walt Disney Pictures live-action film
- Amy (1997 film), Australian film
- Amy (2013 film), horror film
- Amy (2015 film), a documentary film about singer Amy Winehouse, along with the Amy (soundtrack).
See also
- All pages beginning with "Amy"
- Aimee
- Ami (Japanese name)
- Amy (disambiguation)
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