Given name & surname
Amey
“dearly loved”·“beloved”
In English use, Amey has a related form in Amy. One Latin interpretation is “dearly loved.” In English use, Amey is a variant of Aimée. One French interpretation is “beloved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Amey has a related form in Amy. One Latin interpretation is “dearly loved.” In English use, Amey is a variant of Aimée. One French interpretation is “beloved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Amey has a related form in Amy. Amy has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions. In English use, Amey is a variant of Aimée. An origin associated with Aimée is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 904
- 53 boys · 851 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,023 as a first name in 2020; 2,132 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amey’s family of names
In English usage, Amey has an alternative spelling in Amy. In English usage, Amey has a related form in Amy. In English usage, Amey has a related form in Aimee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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