Meanings
- A female given name from Latin, an old spelling variant of Amy, no longer current.
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By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.
1776 Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756
Origin
Variant spelling of Amy, from Old French or Latin.
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Amey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amey
“Amey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amey. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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