A famous bearer of the name in modern pop culture is Amy Lee, the beautiful, extremely talented vocalist of the band Evanescence. If it weren't for her stunning voice, the band wouldn't be nearly so great. Amy Lee is one of the greatest, most gifted vocalists of this generation.
Singer Amy Ray is best known for her work with Emily Saliers in the band Indigo Girls. Some of their biggest hits include "Closer to Fine" and "Kid Fears." Amy Ray is a brilliant singer and a fantastic person--and I don't say this simply because I share her name. ;)
Famous bearer: Amy Heckerling (born 7 May 1954), American female film director, most famous for 'Clueless', 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' and 'Look Who's Talking'.
Amy Friedman is a famous bearer. She is a TV network executive and 1987 she got a job at Nickolodeon of mixing slime for Double Dare. In 1994 she became the creative director and executive producer for Nickelodeon's Creative Lab. In 1998 she moved over to become the executive director of Noggin. In 2004 she executive produced the N's original series A Walk In Your Shoes. She is also included in the new book In Their Shoes by the author Deborah Reber.
- Amy Acker (born 1976), actress best known for her roles on the TV series "Angel" from 2001 to 2004 "Alias" from 2005 to 2006 - Amy Adams (born 1974), actress best known for her Academy Award nominated role in "Junebug" (2005), and "Enchanted" (2007) - Amy Adams (born 1979), 10th place finisher on the 3rd season of "American Idol" - Amy Brenneman (born 1964), best known for her roles on the TV series "NYPD Blue" and "Judging Amy", for which she's received 5 Emmy nominations - Amy Grant (born 1960), musician best known for her contemporary Christian music best known for her album "Hearts in Motion" - Amy Ryan (born 1969), actress best known for Academy Award nominated role in the film "Gone Baby Gone" (2007) and for her television roles - Amy Tan (born 1952), author best known for her Chinese fiction, specifically "The Joy Luck Club" (1989) and "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat" (1994) - Amy Winehouse (born 1983), British musician best known for her album "Back to Black", which won 5 Grammy Awards in 2008.
Regardless of my personal sentiments about this name, Amy is also the name of a demon [one of several entities known as Goetic Demons]. John Wier, in his Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, listed Amy as being a president of hell. To quote; 'Amy is a great president, and appeareth in a flame of fier, but having taken mans shape, he maketh one marvelous in astrologie, and in all the liberall sciences, he procureth excellent familiars, he bewraieth treasures preserved by spirits, he hath the governement of thirtie six legions, he is partlie of the order of angels, partlie of potestats, he hopeth after a thousand two hundreth yeares to returne to the seventh throne: which is not credible.'
Interestingly, this Amy is masculine. Hmmm. Anyway. A rather unusual namesake but, I suppose, not something the average man on the street is going to know and associate with your 'angelic' little daughter Amy, haha.
-- Anonymous User 7/29/2008
Amy Sorel is a playable character in Soul Calibur III and IV.
Amy is actually a name of a demon. From Johann Wier's Pseudomonarchia daemonum, they are the 58th spirit, a President of Hell.
"Amy is a great president, and appeareth in a flame of fier, but having taken mans shape, he maketh one marvelous in astrologie, and in all the liberall sciences, he procureth excellent familiars, he bewraieth treasures preserved by spirits, he hath the governement of thirtie six legions, he is partlie of the order of angels, partlie of potestats, he hopeth after a thousand two hundreth yeares to returne to the seventh throne: which is not credible." (Quote from Johann Wier's Pseudomonarchia daemonum)
Amy Robsart was the first wife of Robert Dudley a favourite of queen Elizabeth 1. Who suspicious death of falling down the stairs has been attributed to her husband.
Amy Carmichael - An Irish missionary to India. She spent 55 years there without a furlough. Amy founded a mission in Donhnavur, saving scores of young girls from becoming Hindu temple prostitutes. She was called Amma, which means "mother" in Tamil.
Regarding all the mean-spirited comments about Amy and other names, the name does make the person, the person makes the name. Make sure people have a good association with your name when they hear it.
There is a character called Amy Farrah Fowler on the TV show The Big Bang Theory.
-- Anonymous User 12/10/2011
Amy Robsart was the tragic wife of Elizabeth the First's favourite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Sir Walter Scott tells her story in his historical novel "Kemilworth". I've always loved the name Amy after reading that book.
-- Anonymous User 4/22/2012
Amy is the name of the baby on the TV series "Up All Night".