Amy

A female given name from Latin.

Proper noun

A female given name from Latin.
- 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...
- 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...
- As Amy had been baptized Amelia (but always called Amy) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia. - 1999, Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler, East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart., →ISBN, page 5:
A surname.
- [...] Mr. John W. Amy, landlord of the "Cross Keys" at Arnold, Nottingham. - 1959 October 5, “Talking of Trains: Landlord hires a diesel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 460:

Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).