Amy

Anglicized form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Amee, which was both a nickname and a form of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin name Amata (“beloved”).^[1]

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.mi/

Amy (plural Amys)

1. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "female" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..
   • 1886 Hubert Hall: Society in the Elizabethan Age. Kessinger Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0766139743 page 94:

     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.

   • 1975 Derek Marlowe: Nightshade. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. page 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.

   • 1999 Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler: East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. ISBN 0306808870 page 5:

     As Amy had been baptized Amelia ( but always called Amy) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.

• Aimee
• Amata
• Amey
• Amie

• May, may, MYA, Mya, mya, yam