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Ami - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ami

[ 2 syll. a-mi, am-i ] The girl name Ami is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced AAMiy †. Ami has its origins in the Latin and Japanese languages. It is used largely in English. Japanese origin: Derived from a which means 'second' ; mi which means 'beautiful'.

In addition, Ami is a form (English) of the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish Amelia.

Ami is also a form of the English Amy.

Ami is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1975, 0.021% of baby girls were named Ami. It was #525 in rank then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Ami, Amelia was the most widely used. Ami has primarily been a girl name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Ami include the name Aami, the English Ammie, the name Aena, the Greek Agni, the Irish Aine, the Akan and Polish Ama, the Arabic Aman, the name Amane, the English Amie, the name Amii, the Arabic Amineh, the Fante, Twi, and German Amma, the name Amman, the name Ammy, the English Amye, the Georgian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, Spanish, English, and Hawaiian Ana, the name Anai, the French Anais, the French Anaïs, and the Akan Anan.

 



† Pronunciation for Ami: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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