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Do you think of Amy as being dated?What are the first things/people/colors etc. that come to mind when you hear Amy?Do you like the name?
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I have a few associations with Amy:1. My roommate when I went to Uganda for a school program: blond, blue-eyed, bubbly / optimistic, also really helpful since she was the only one who had actually been to Uganda before - really just a great person;2. Amy Lee, lead singer of Evanescence and a voice for my middle school self;3. Amy from "Gone Girl";4. "Chasing Amy"5. "Judging Amy"All in all, I don't think it's a name you can go wrong with. I don't even think it's that dated, even with the popularity spike in the 70s - it's still in the Top 200 names in the U.S. Also, it's only three letters, so it's easy to say, write, and remember.
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Pretty name, my cousin comes to mind.
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I think first of a friend's five-year-old daughter, then of Amy Robsart, wife if the Elizabethan Earl of Leicester (I first heard of her in Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth), and then of Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) in High Noon.
When I was about five or six Mum used to go to a dressmaker whose grown up daughter was called Amy and Mum used to say to me how much she disliked the name - but I thought it was sweet and pretty and still do.
If you love it, use it!
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I personally think of Amy as a really Australian name. Its not dated at all here and I know people aged from 30 to 20 to 16 to 5 to newborn with this name here. It is quite common here but I still think its a nice name :)
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I like Amy. It has a few good character associations for me, and it has the same meaning as my mum's name so it's an honour name too. It might be a bit dated, but it has a good deal of energy to it. To me Amy is bright, bubbly, fun, and fiery. She reminds me of summer, bright yellows, oranges, and reds. I think the colours might come from the fact the Amy I know is a red head, and so is one of the characters I connect the name with. I wish I could fit it in as a middle somewhere, but I can't find the right spot.
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I'm delighted that Amy is dated, or at least dating fast. It has always seemed to lack personality and distinction.It's also always seemed elderly to me, even when you could hardly put your foot down in a primary school or kiddies' playground without treading on at least one Amy. Elderly, plumpish and bland. Probably wearing navy-blue, with sensible shoes; Amy is a sales assistant in a clothing shop, and her husband is a car salesman. They keep lots of yappy little dogs.
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I know this is totally me and probably a really strange connotation, but...
the name Amy sounds like some kind of lunch meat to me: Pastrami, Salami, Jeremy, Amy...lol idk?But, on a regular level, yes it sounds dated.
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I don't really think of it as being dated, but that doesn't mean it isn't.I always think of the character in "Little Women" when I hear it. So blonde hair, blue eyes, ladylike and artistic.I'm pretty neutral about the name, don't love it, don't hate it.
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One of my favourite names. It makes me think of spring.
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I think less of Amy being dated and more of it as extremely popular over a long period of time like Emily or Anna. It is a pity that there are already so many people with this name because I really like it. Amy sounds sweet, simple, and fresh.Namesakes include: Amy Pond (Dr. Who), Amy Adams (actress), Amy Tan (author of The Breakfast Club), Amy Lowell (American Poet who wrote "You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow").Perhaps because it means "beloved," Amy seems almost like a term of endearment. It sounds affectionate but not necessarily romantic rather like a white or pink rose.
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Hi !!!It is youthful and strong.It is my sister's name.I associate it with heavy-metal style, punk style, skinny jeans and fluo-coloured hair (my sister has short, curly, tiffany-light-blue hair).And a strong personality of course.
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It's dated, but also not really dated. Not like Barbara or Debbie, for instance, but not as still-popular like Sarah or Kimberly. There was an Amy in my 11-year-old daughter's class a couple years ago.I don't really like it. It's very bland and blah. I picture a mousy girl with generic glasses and limp hair.
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I associate Amy with...1. My cousin Amy: mid 30s, dark eyes/hair/skin, atheletic, stylish, reserved but polite, favorite color is dove grey, has a one year old named Julia2. Preppy; pink and green
It's an okay name. It does sound very dated to me, but I don't dislike it. I just prefer other Am- names.
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