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Amy
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amy Amý ầm ỹ
English
Etymology
Anglicized form of en fro Amee (modern French Aimée),
which was both a nickname and a form of the en la - name la Amata beloved. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of Given Names.Oxford University Press 2001.
Pronunciation
en /ˈeɪ.mi/ RP,GA,CA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Amy.wav London
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-Amy.wav Connecticut
en /ˈæɪ.mi/ AU,NZ
en eɪmi 2
Proper noun
s ies
en female Latin.
en 1886 Hubert Hall Society in the Elizabethan Age 94 Kessinger Publishing 2003 0766139743 The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name Aime might be read for Anne.
en 1975 Derek Marlowe Nightshade Weidenfeld and Nicolson 7 As a child, Amy could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.
en 1999 Susan Butler; Lawrence Butler East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. 0306808870 5 As Amy had been baptized Amelia (but always called Amy) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.
en 2012 w:Gillian Flynn Gone Girl 249 Phoenix 2013 978-0-7538-2766-6 When I remained alive, they named me Amy, because it was a regular girl's name, a popular girl's name, a name a thousand other baby girls were given that year, so maybe the gods wouldn't notice this little baby nestled among the others.
en w:Stephen Breyer Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opinion/stephen-breyer-friendship-court.html 2024-04-03 Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law. https://web.archive.org/web/20240406041123/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opinion/stephen-breyer-friendship-court.html
en Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/politics/amy-gleason-doge-acting-administrator/index.html 2025-02-25 Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20260521104616/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/politics/amy-gleason-doge-acting-administrator/index.html 21 May 2026
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en 1959-10 Talking of Trains: Landlord hires a diesel Trains Illustrated 460 [...] Mr. John W. Amy, landlord of the "Cross Keys" at Arnold, Nottingham.
Alternative forms
en Aimee
en Aimée
en Amey
en Amee
en Ameigh
en Amie
en Amye
Derived terms
en Amygism Amygist Karmy Shamy
Related terms
en Amata
References
Anagrams
en amy MYA May Mya Yam may mya yam