Amy
An English name with a Hebrew root, meaning something close to "the loved one". In Poland it stays rare: most people here have never met an Amy, and it goes only to girls.
Amy Pronunciation
Amy is pronounced AH-mih (/ˈamɨ/).
What Amy means
Where Amy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Amy is short and complete, four letters that mean beloved. The meaning runs back to a Hebrew root, and English took the name in and kept it close for centuries. There are no diminutives to reach for. The name arrives already whole.
English readers met it in books before they met it on any form. Louisa May Alcott gave it to the youngest March sister in Little Women, published in 1868, and Charles Dickens named his patient heroine Amy in Little Dorrit. Both women are loved within their stories, which suits a name that means as much.
On a Polish class register, Amy sits among the Emily and Zoe borrowings. A teacher reads it out, and it needs no unpacking. The child is, by her own name, the beloved one.
How many people are named Amy
1 in 46966 women in Poland is named Amy. 483 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1337 among female names.
Amy's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #997 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2006.
Where Amy is most popular
Amy is most popular in Lower Silesian, 358% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+199%) and Masovian (+103%).
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Lower Silesian4 girls born+358%
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+199%
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Masovian4 girls born+103%
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Silesian2 girls born+58%
Amy as a middle name
Amy is a first name for 483 women in Poland and a middle name for another 126, a 79/21 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 582nd, between Renee (128) and Andrzelika (126).
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#580 Hope128
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#581 Renee128
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#582 Amy126
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#583 Andrzelika126
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#584 Jesika126