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AMY Family History

This interesting and unusual surname is of Old Norman French origin, and derives from the Old French personal name "Ame", from the Old French "ami", friend, or the Latin "Amatus", meaning beloved, from "amare", to love. Variants of the surname found in the modern idiom include Amy, Amie, L'Amie and Lamey. The name was introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. The personal name appears in 1198 in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire as "Amia". The surname itself first appears in records in the early 13th Century (see below), while other early examples include William Ame, in the Assize Court Rolls of Essex (1248); William Lamy, in the Hundred Rolls of London (1275); and William le Amy in the "Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London" (1282)...