Aimée

Aimee is the best spelling. It’s also awesome. ;)

I really don't like Aimee as a spelling of Amy - it looks like it's trying to glorify a name in a pretentious way, though I really have no problem with the name Amy. However, I LOVE it pronounced em - mey, or em - mei, like how the letter M is pronounced in Spanish. That's a beautiful sounding name, even if it's literally the letter M, it rolls off the tongue very well. Also, I believe there are many possible Japanese kanji combinations for it pronounced like em - mei, as both are kanji characters.

One of my grandmothers had this as a first name. She was named after her godmother (aunt by marriage to her father's brother) whose name was spelled the same way. This is a beautiful French name that was very poplar around the New Orleans area in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

I really like this name.

More frilly than Amy, but at least it's not as common.

Call me biased, I probably am, but I dislike the spelling "Amy". It could be due to personal encounters or because people spell my name that way unless I tell them it's actually spelt Aimee which becomes quite frustrating. In theory, I would have an accent on the first e but due to being in England and not using accents, there isn't one. Several French people I know and some family members and myself add an accent whenever possible. I like how my name is spelt phonetically to how we pronounce it which is Aim-ee (ay-mee). Overall, if it wasn't my own name, I'd name my child Aimée.

I was born in the USA and my American and Puerto Rican parents named me Aimee, with an accent on the first 'e' (it won't show up here), however, we've always pronounced it phonetically according to the language we're speaking. Amy is more common here and most times people just assume that is how I spell my name. I don't usually correct them. It's their ignorance, not mine.

I've seen people comment about not liking Aimee and that it is unusual and it is just copying when the name Aimee comes from aimer meaning love it was created as a French way of showing love to a child and became a popular name. From my user name you can tell my name is Aimee. I was called this and not Amy because my parents though Amy was too generic and bland. I understand that everyone has an opinion, but it was not copying at all. I hope you understand and enjoy my insight.

Even though this name is pretty old-fashioned where I live (it's my paternal grandmother's name), it's one of my top 5 names. I think it's really beautiful and it has a nice meaning. Plus I like how it appears in a number of French fairy tales, such as the aformentioned The Bee and the Orange Tree, as well as Aurore and Aimée (a fairy tale by the woman who wrote Beauty and the Beast). I hope it makes a comeback in France!

I dislike this as a spelling of Amy in English. It reminds me of something being aimed at. The "aimer" aims at the "Aimee".

I know two people named Aimee. One pronounces it the French way and the other pronounces it "Amy". I think it's a pretty way to spell it.

My name is Aimee, and as the person above me stated, I was always told (from my French relatives) that the French pronunciation is ah-mee. I go by the English pronunciation though and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. This name is more commonly used in England than France anyway and I like the spelling much better than Amy. It's different without being too weird and fancy without being too pompous. I love being an Aimee. :)

This name is gorgeous pronounced e-MAY, but since most Americans just see it as a variant of the plain-Jane Amy, I really haven't liked it.

My friend's name is Aimee, but she just pronounces it like Amy. I don't find this name to be any more beautiful than Amy, I'm rather neutral about it.

My sister's name is Aimee. I think it's beautiful, classy, and intelligent. It has a lovely meaning. I'm also a big fan of Anouk Aimee a French actress of the fifties. It's a great name to name your daughter!

In England this is a very common way to spell Amy. I don't really see why not - after all, Amy is only a respelling of Aimee in the first place. And Aimee (pronounced "eh-meh") is pretty much extinct in France. I think it's overreacting to call Aimee an illiterate way to spell Amy - you could just as easily make the argument the other way around. Besides, "emmay" or whatever is not really much like the French pronunciation which you could only do if you switched into a proper French accent half-way through the sentence you were saying; hence why we pronounce it "ay-mee" in the first place. It's the English pronunciation.

Ay-may is slightly more difficult to pronounce, in my opinion, since we're all so used to saying Amy. Pronounced the same way, though, makes it a refreshing and unique variation of an over-used name.

Aimee is only spelt this way by British parents who want to try and make a very common and boring name sound and look different, a gross distortion of the English langugue. I know at least five "Amy's" with their name spelt like this, so hardly different.

I prefer this spelling of Aimee. I think it looks more elegant.

I used to pronounce this name like Amy; then like "eye-mee"; but I finally decided to look it up here in the database to see what it means, and I find its actual pronunciation is "e-MAY" - and now I love it! The spelling looks cute, and it's much better than your typical Amy.

I think this is a nicer spelling of the name. Not fond of the Amy spelling.

I think it's pretty, but a little too plain for my tastes.

This is my name. However, the accent is on the second E not the first. I'm not sure why since I never spell it with the accent anyway. Therefore I pronounce it like the traditional Amy.

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I like my name I suppose. Sometimes it gets annoying when everyone spells or pronounces it wrong. But I like this spelling better than the traditional Amy, it makes me unique.

I can't really imagine pronouncing it like Amy.

My mom gave me the name Aimee` because she liked how it sounded, but she didn't like how it was spelled so she spelled it the French way (Aimee`). I love having my name spelled this way because it makes me unique and I like that because then I know that not many other people have their name spelled like me. I also love the meaning of the name "beloved," I like the meaning because then it kind of ties in with my middle name a little bit which is Rose. So my first and middle name turns into "beloved rose." Rose has a very bitter sweet meaning to me now because my grandma's name was Rose, sadly she passed away a little over a year ago. To me that is why my name has such a special meaning to me now a days.

Amy is such a cute name, but I hate this spelling - it looks really stupid and ruins the name Amy which is really cute when it's just three letters.

A beautiful and unique name. I prefer it to the English version "Amy" which - I think - is dated and overly popular. I have many French friends and I first thought they would think it was a silly name as it to them meant "liked/loved" (where the English version Amy means "beloved"), but on the contary they find it also a beautiful name and prefer it the the English pronunciation. In response to and commenter above I agree the name Aimie is also very nice. Of course too unique due to the girl's parents. I think it also - in English - is the correct spelling for it. So the pronunciation is correct and more phonetic. Both I feel are beautiful names.

I think Amy spelled Aimee is unusual enough. It will be too hard for her if you change it to Amiee.

My sister's name is spelt AIMIE (aimie), and I think that this is a really nice way to spell her name. It was not an idea that my parents had - they spelt the French version wrong so she got that name, but I think that it is beautiful and unique, don't you agree?

I think Aimee is a very pretty name. It sounds rather bland in French though the meaning is very nice. The spelling is much nicer than the traditional Amy.

Aimee is my pen-name, but I feel more comfortable using it than my real name. I live in Russia so this name seemes to be extraordinarily unusual.

Aimée is my name. I have always liked it as it is French and an unusual spelling in England. However, I do not like the English Amy. I think the French form gives it more of an air of beauty.

Aimee is nice, but Amy is much better. Aimee is not any prettier than Amy.

I like this name, but only if it is pronounced the French way, I don't like it pronounced like Amy (though I like Amy, Aimée, pronounced like Amy is just wrong to me). Aimée comes from the french word "aimer" which means "to love/like". It is hardly used as a name in France. Aimé (the male version) is even more popular for boys than Aimée is for girls.