Amy
Frequency: (629)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French: from Old French ami ‘friend’, which was used both as a nickname and a personal name.
2. Variant spelling of English Amey.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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