Amy

Amy is an English given name derived from the Old French name Amée, meaning loved, itself from the Latin amata, the past participle of amare, to love. The name came into use in England after the Norman Conquest and remained in steady circulation through the medieval period. It gained renewed popularity in the English-speaking world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, partly through literary figures such as Amy March in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Related forms include Aimée in French and the Latinate Amata.