Details for the forename Amy

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Amy (female)


Synonym(s):	Emily (F)
Variants:	Amia (F) Amie (F)
Derivative of:	Aimée (F)
Can be spelt:	Amey (F)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal research
Notes:	English form of the French Aimée, "loved" or "beloved". Amia was a Latinised version of Amy/Aimée, used in old documents. In Scotland Amy is synonymous with Emily presumably due to its phonetic similarity with the first two syllables of Aemilia from which Emily is derived. However the origin of the names is quite different.