Despite the name's French linguistic origins, it was more popular in England than in France.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1340xc1450 Ame (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6;
1377 Amya (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5;
1381 Amia (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 93,
Amy (nom) ibid. p. 75,
Amya (nom) ibid. p. 104;
1540 Amea (nom) SA12 p. 3;
1540/1 Amia (nom) ibid. p. 5,
Amiam (acc) ibid. p. 5;
1540 Amie (nom) ibid. p. 3
- Middle English
- ● 1431 Amy EEW p. 90
- Early Modern English
- ● 1503 Ame OrpingtonKe p. 73;
1530 Ame LIWill-III p. 19;
1545 Amy StNick-Sf p. 2;
1552 Ame BarnstapleBap p. 7;
1557 Amy bruton1 p. 28;
1559 Ame BUmar-vol2 p. 60,
Amia ibid. p. 60;
1560 Amye COmar-vol5 p. 125;
1561 Amy bruton1 p. 110,
Amye ibid. p. 31;
1562 Amye DEmar-vol1 p. 81,
bruton1 p. 111;
1563 Amye BarnstapleBap p. 12;
1564 Amy BUmar-vol9 p. 4,
COmar-vol5 p. 3,
bruton1 p. 4;
1566 Amy ibid. p. 35;
1568 Amy ibid. p. 37;
1569 Amye BEmar-vol2 p. 2;
1573 Amia BUmar-vol2 p. 61;
1575 Amy bruton1 p. 41;
1581 Amye HAmar-vol9 p. 68;
1582 Ame StAnthonlin p. 29;
1583 Amye WAmar-1 p. 108;
1584 Amie BEmar-vol2 p. 69,
Amye bruton1 p. 115;
1585 Amy OrpingtonKe p. 7;
1586 Amia BUmar-vol2 p. 64,
Amy OrpingtonKe p. 7;
1587 Amie BUmar-vol2 p. 117,
Amy DEmar-vol2 p. 13,
Amye BUmar-vol2 p. 117;
1588 Amie BUmar-vol1 p. 2;
1589 Amie DEmar-vol2 p. 19,
Amy RegSoAMar p. 14;
1590 Aime COmar-vol5 p. 9,
Amie RegFord p. 1,
Amy DEmar-vol2 p. 20;
1591 Aime COmar-vol5 p. 9,
Amie BUmar-vol2 p. 118,
RegFord p. 1,
Amy DEmar-vol2 p. 24,
Amye BUmar-vol2 p. 118;
1592 Amy DEmar-vol2 p. 24,
StAnthonlin p. 35,
Amye BEmar-vol1 p. 15;
1594 Amie RegFord p. 2,
Amy DEmar-vol2 p. 28;
1596 Amy BUmar-vol9 p. 9,
Amye COmar-vol2 p. 123;
1597 Amy CAmar-vol1 p. 6,
DEmar-vol2 p. 36;
1599 Amie HAmar-vol9 p. 69,
Amy DEmar-vol2 p. 40,
Amye bruton1 p. 57
- France
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- Middle French
- ● 1572 Aymée RegPCC-1 p. 527
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Amy". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Amy.