Amy


Gender:
Origin: French, Latin
849 famous people named Amy found on Wikipedia.
691729 female, 1846 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 205-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 2nd in year 1976
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name: from a French word meaning “beloved.”.

Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amelia or Amita. In French, the name is spelled "Aimée", which means "beloved".

Fem. proper name, from Old French Amee, literally "beloved," from fem. past participle of amer "to love," from Latin amare "to love, be in love with; find pleasure in," Proto-Italic *ama- "to take, hold," from a PIE root meaning "take hold of," also the source of Sanskrit amisi, amanti "take hold of; swear;" Avestan *ama- "attacking power;" Greek omnymi "to swear," anomotos "under oath;" Old Irish namae "enemy." According to de Vaan, "The Latin meaning has developed from 'to take the hand of' [to] 'regard as a friend'."

Dearly loved, beloved in French; English form of the French name Aimee, derived from Latin Amata.

Famous People: 849 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Amy Schumer 1981 Comedian
2 Amy Winehouse 1983 English singer and songwriter
3 Amy Poehler 1971 Actress from the United States
4 Amy Smart 1976 American actress, model
5 Amy Jo Johnson 1970 American actress and singer
6 Amy Fisher 1974 American pornographic actor, journalist, writer
7 Amy Lee 1981 American singer-songwriter and pianist
8 Amy Ryan 1969 American actress
9 Amy Acker 1976 American actress
10 Amy Sedaris 1961 American comedian
11 Amy Grant 1960 American musician
12 Amy Yasbeck 1962 American actress
13 Amy Irving 1953 American actress
14 Amy Brenneman 1964 American actress
15 Amy Madigan 1950 Actress from the United States
16 Amy Carter 1967 Daughter of Jimmy Carter
17 Amy Landecker 1969 Actress
18 Amy Robach 1973 Television journalist, correspondent and anchor
19 Amy Sherman-Palladino 1966 American television writer, director, and producer
20 Amy Klobuchar 1960 United States Senator from Minnesota
21 Amy Macdonald 1987 Scottish singer-songwriter
22 Amy Locane 1971 American actress
23 Amy Johnson 1903 English aviatrix, first woman who flew alone from England to Australia
24 Amy Carlson 1968 Actress
25 Amy Hargreaves 1970 American actress
26 Amy Redford 1970 Actress and producer from the United States
27 Amy Van Nostrand 1953 American actress
28 Amy Lindsay 1966 American actress
29 Amy Seimetz 1987 American actress
30 Amy Spanger 1971 American actress, singer and dancer
31 Amy Purdy 1979 American actress and snowboarder
32 Amy Krouse Rosenthal 1965 Author, a radio show host and producer, and filmmaker
33 Amy Manson 1985 British actress
34 Amy Wren 1990 British actress
35 Amy Walter 1969 American political analyst
36 Amy Goodman 1957 American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author
37 Amy Pascal 1958 American businesswoman
38 Amy Tan 1952 American novelist
39 Amy Cuddy 1972 American psychologist
40 Amy Morton 1958 American actress
41 Amy Childs 1990 Model, television personality
42 Amy Aquino 1957 American actress
43 Amy Nuttall 1982 English actress and singer
44 Amy Chua 1962 American lawyer, writer, and legal scholar
45 Amy Hennig 1964 Video game director and script writer
46 Amy Willerton 1992 Miss Universe contestant
47 Amy Van Dyken 1973 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
48 Amy Heckerling 1954 American television writer
49 Amy Hill 1953 American character actress
50 Amy O'Neill 1971 American actress
51 Amy Chow 1978 Gymnast
52 Amy Okuda 1989 Actress
53 Amy Matthews 1973 American television personality
54 Amy Rodriguez 1987 American soccer player
55 Amy Wright 1950 American actress
56 Amy Farrah Fowler Character in "The Big Bang Theory"
57 Air Force Amy 1974 American female adult model
58 Amy Williams 1982 British skeleton racer
59 Amy Pietz 1969 American actress
60 Amy Wadge 1975 English singer
61 Amy Holmes 1973 American journalist
62 Amy Barnes
63 Sandra Amy 1992 Indian actress
64 Amy Pemberton
65 Amy Freeze 1974 American television meteorologist
66 Amy Weber 1970 American actress
67 Amy Bruckner 1991 American actress
68 Amy Gumenick 1986 Swedish born American actress
69 Amy Carmichael 1867 Missionary in India
70 Susie Amy 1981 English actress and model
71 Amy Paffrath 1983
72 Amy S. Foster 1973 Canadian songwriter and author
73 Amy Archer-Gilligan 1868 Serial killer
74 Amy Huberman 1979 Irish actress and writer
75 Amy Robsart 1532 Wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
76 Amy Sanders 1983 American women's basketball player
77 Amy Beth Hayes 1982 Welsh actress
78 Amy Mainzer 1974 American Astronomer
79 Amy Fictional character from The Walking Dead
80 Amy Tinkler 1999 UK artistic sports gymnast
81 Amy Holland 1953 American singer
82 Amy Wong 2980
83 Amy Robbins 1971 British actress
84 Amy Anderssen 1985
85 Amy Yip 1965 Hong Kong actor
86 Amy Ray 1964 Singer-songwriter, record producer
87 Amy Gardner Character in The West Wing
88 Amy Beach 1867 American composer and pianist
89 Amy Gutmann 1949 8th president of the University of Pennsylvania
90 Amy Dickinson 1959 Advice columnist, author
91 Amy Hoggart 1986 British comedian
92 Amy Biehl 1967 American activist and scholar
93 Amy Lowell 1874 US writer
94 Amy Price-Francis 1975 Actress
95 Amy J. Berg 1970 Filmmaker
96 Amy Hood American businesswoman
97 Amy Helm 1970 American singer-songwriter
98 Amy Trask 1961 American businesswoman
99 Amy Wyatt
100 Amy Elizabeth Thorpe 1910 American spy
101 Amy Ried 1985 American pornographic actress
102 Amy Vachal 1988
103 Amy Shark
104 Amy Barlow Fictional character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
105 Amy Perez 1969 Filipino broadcaster
106 Amy Allen 1976 Actress
107 Amy Bleuel 1985
108 Amy Robinson 1948 Actress
109 Amy Millan 1973 Canadian musician
110 Amy Gutierrez American sports journalist
111 Amy Shira Teitel
112 Amy Scobee American critic of Scientology
113 Amy Finley 1973 American chef
114 Amy Stoch 1958 American actress
115 Amy Jacques Garvey 1895 Marcus Garvey's second wife; journalist and political activist
116 Amy Kwok 1967 Hong Kong actress
117 Amy Walker 1982 American actor-singer
118 Amy Madison
119 Amy Yang 1989 South Korean golfer
120 Amy James-Kelly 1995
121 Amy Austria 1961 Filipino actress
122 Amy Lamé 1971 American-born British entertainer
123 Amy Dacey American political activist
124 Amy Vanderbilt 1908 Writer
125 Amy Sloan 1978 Canadian actress
126 Amy Ferguson American actress and model
127 Amy Hastings 1973 American long distance runner
128 Amy Kellogg American journalist
129 Amy Ashwood Garvey 1897 Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist
130 Amy Nixon 1977 Curler
131 Amy Jacobson 1969 American journalist
132 Amy Farrington 1966 American actress
133 Amy Linker 1966 American actress
134 Amy Nicoletto Celebrity tattoo artist
135 Amy Berman Jackson 1954 District Judge in US, born 1954
136 Amy Arbus 1954 American photographer
137 Amy Rosenthal 1974 (London, 1974), British playwright
138 Amy Charles 1970 Welsh singer
139 Amy Acuff 1975 Athletics competitor
140 Amy Farina American musician
141 Amy Hempel 1951 Short story writer
142 Amy Birnbaum 1975 American actress
143 Amy Ephron 1952 American journalist
144 Amy Castle 1990 American actress
145 Amy Alcott 1956 Professional golfer
146 Amy Mußul 1991 German television presenter
147 Amy Khor 1958 Singaporean politician
148 Amy Lynn Baxter 1967 American model
149 Amy Lemons 1981 Fashion model
150 Amy Diaz 1984 American model
151 Amy Keating Rogers American screenwriter
152 Amy Matysio Canadian actress
153 Amy Studt 1986 British singer-songwriter
154 Amy Keys American singer-songwriter
155 Amy Herzog
156 Amy LePeilbet 1982 Association football defender, 2015 NWSL Best XI Defender
157 Amy Mastura 1971 Malaysian actor and singer
158 Rongomaipapa Amy Ahomiro 1992 Volleyball player
159 Amy Mathews 1979 Australian actress
160 Amy Steel 1960 American actress
161 Amy Ziering 1962 American filmmaker
162 Amy Kremer American political activist
163 Amy Bloom 1953 Fiction writer, screenwriter, social worker, psychotherapist
164 Amy Sky 1960 Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
165 Amy Ruffle 1992 Australian actress
166 Amy Hunter 1966 American actress
167 Amy Wallace 1955 American writer
168 Amy Jackson 1987 Australian footballer, born 1987
169 Amy Davidson Magazine editor
170 Amy Chan 1962 Actress
171 Amy Benedict 1964 American actress
172 Amy Adams 1971 New Zealand politician
173 Amy Edwards Australian actress
174 Curtis Amy 1929 American musician
175 Amy Wynn Pastor 1976 American carpenter
176 Amy Diamond 1988 English actress, singer & model
177 Amy Holden Jones 1955 Screenwriter, and film director
178 Amy Guy 1983 Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete
179 Amy Astley Magazine editor
180 Amy Satterthwaite 1986 Cricketer
181 Amy LaVere American singer
182 Amy Totenberg 1950 American judge
183 Amy Miller 1980 Canadian filmmaker
184 Amy Webb 1977 American writer
185 Amy Frazier 1972 US tennis player
186 Amy Brooke 1988 American pornographic film actress
187 Amy Levy 1861 British writer
188 Amy Walters American radio personality
189 Amy Finkelstein 1973 American economist
190 Amy Stiller 1961 American actress
191 Amy Hathaway 1974 American actress
192 Amy Winfrey 1974 American animator, actor and screenwriter
193 Amy Kleinhans 1968 Miss South Africa 1992, Top 5 at Miss World 1992
194 Amy Bailey 1895
195 Amy Morrison 1984 New Zealand actress
196 Amy Greenwood
197 Amy Walsh 1977 Association football player
198 Amy Rigby 1959 American singer-songwriter
199 Amy Fadhli 1966 American model, actor and fitness competitor
200 Amy Tipton 1980 American actress