Girl name · Old French
Amy
Name meaning, origin and popularity
: belovedAmy is a girl's name that comes from Old French and means "beloved". It is used in English.
- Meaning
- Beloved
- Origin
- Old French
- Gender
- Girl
- US rank
- #257 in 2025
Meaning and origin of Amy
As a girl's name, Amy comes from Old French and means "beloved". It is used in English.
Its meaning puts Amy on our names that mean love list.
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“Beloved; Old French Amée, from Latin amata”
From Names that mean love, names that mean beloved or dear
How popular is Amy?
- US rank in 2025
- #257
- 1,200 babies, 747 per million girls
- Best rank
- #2 in 1973
- Most babies: 32,254 in 1975
- Babies since 1880
- At least 701,631
- Years with under 5 are not listed
| 1880s | 1,620 per million |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 1,369 per million |
| 1900s | 880 per million |
| 1910s | 591 per million |
| 1920s | 440 per million |
| 1930s | 319 per million |
| 1940s | 368 per million |
| 1950s | 1,590 per million |
| 1960s | 6,393 per million |
| 1970s | 17,408 per million |
| 1980s | 8,772 per million |
| 1990s | 2,842 per million |
| 2000s | 1,557 per million |
| 2010s | 1,129 per million |
| 2020s | 859 per million |
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #176 | #174 | #204 | #204 | #215 | #189 | #206 | #199 | #227 | #257 |
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, 1880 to 2025, as published in 2026. Each spelling is counted separately, a name given to fewer than 5 babies of one sex in a year is left out, and few people born before 1937 have records, which is why the chart shows babies per million rather than raw counts.
Names spelled like Amy
One or two letters apart, but from a different root: they look alike without sharing a meaning.
- AmaBorn on Saturday (Akan, girl)
- AdaNoble (Germanic, girl)
- AlmaSoul, nourishing (Latin, girl)
- AnaFavor, grace (Hebrew, girl)
- AmayaVariant of Amaia, Basque for the end (Basque, girl)
- AmorLove (Latin, unisex)
- AriA lion (Hebrew, unisex)
- AryaNoble, honorable (Sanskrit, unisex)
- AvaVariant of Eve, life; in Persian, voice (Hebrew, girl)
Names with a similar meaning
- DavidBeloved one (Hebrew, boy)
- MiriamForm of Mary, meaning uncertain; perhaps Egyptian beloved (Hebrew, girl)
- CarinaDear, beloved (Latin, girl)
- AzizPowerful, respected, beloved (Arabic, boy)
- FridaPeace; in Old Norse, beloved (Germanic and Old Norse, girl)
- AmadoBeloved (Latin, boy)
- CaraFriend in Irish; beloved in Italian (Irish and Italian, girl)
- DaveyBeloved (Hebrew, boy)
- DavinaBeloved one (Hebrew, girl)
- DilaraAdorner of the heart; beloved (Persian, girl)
- ErasmusBeloved (Greek, boy)
- HabibBeloved, darling (Arabic, boy)
- JedidiahBeloved of God (Hebrew, boy)
- MahbubBeloved, dear (Arabic, boy)
- AhuvaBeloved (Hebrew, girl)
Middle names for Amy
Picked from our middle-name lists with a different first letter and a longer length, so the full name flows.
More girl names from Old French
- BellamyBeautiful friend (Old French, unisex)
- BlancheWhite, fair (Old French, girl)
- EsméEsteemed, loved (Old French, girl)
- BaileySteward, bailiff (Old French, unisex)
- DouceSweet (Old French, girl)
- EleanorReportedly from Latin alia Aenor, the other Aenor (Old French, girl)
- ElliePet form of Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth and other El- names (Old French, girl)
- EsmeeEsteemed, loved (Old French, girl)
- MalloryUnlucky, unfortunate (Old French, unisex)
- PaigeYoung servant, page (Old French, girl)
- PalmerPilgrim (Old French, unisex)
- ParkerPark keeper (Old French, unisex)
- SaylorFrom a surname meaning acrobat, dancer (Old French, girl)
- ScarlettSeller of scarlet cloth (Old French, girl)
- ScoutLookout, explorer (Old French, unisex)
- SpencerSteward, dispenser (Old French, unisex)
- TaylorTailor, cutter of cloth (Old French, unisex)
Amy: common questions
What does the name Amy mean?
Amy comes from Old French and means "beloved".
Is Amy a boy or girl name?
Amy is mainly a girl's name.
Where does the name Amy come from?
Amy comes from Old French and means "beloved". Today it is used in English.
How popular is the name Amy?
Amy ranked #257 in the US in 2025, with 1,200 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.
What names are similar to Amy?
Names spelled like Amy include Ama, Ada, Alma, Ana and Amaya.
What middle names go with Amy?
Middle names that flow well with Amy include Elowen, Faith, Isabel, Mercy and Niamh. A different first letter and a contrasting length usually sound best.