Amy
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Amy (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Amy has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 19 |
| 2002 | 19 |
| 2003 | 26 |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 26 |
| 2006 | 28 |
| 2007 | 28 |
| 2008 | 20 |
| 2009 | 29 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 28 |
| 2012 | 29 |
| 2013 | 20 |
| 2014 | 30 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 28 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 15 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 527 |
| 2000 | 540 |
| 2001 | 552 |
| 2002 | 554 |
| 2003 | 580 |
| 2004 | 584 |
| 2005 | 607 |
| 2006 | 635 |
| 2007 | 659 |
| 2008 | 677 |
| 2009 | 714 |
| 2010 | 733 |
| 2011 | 766 |
| 2012 | 800 |
| 2013 | 825 |
| 2014 | 858 |
| 2015 | 879 |
| 2016 | 908 |
| 2017 | 939 |
| 2018 | 969 |
| 2019 | 1,006 |
| 2020 | 1,033 |
Amy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Amy.Hi! My name is Amy.
- Har du träffat Amy? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Amy? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Amy kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Amy is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Amys mamma är lärare.Amy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Amys mamma is Amy's mum.
More names
Questions about Amy
How do you pronounce Amy in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Amy in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Amy mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).
How popular is Amy in Sweden?
15 babies were named Amy in 2022. In 2020, 1,033 people in Sweden had Amy as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.