MEANING & HISTORY
What does Aimee mean?
Aimee is a variant of Amy influenced by French Aimée. Amy comes through Old French Amée, beloved, related to the Latin name Amata.
In the French spelling, aimée is the feminine form of the word for loved. The unaccented Aimee preserves this affection-related formation in an English writing context. Its connection with Amy is historical rather than an arbitrary modern resemblance between two otherwise unrelated names.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”). A variation of the English Amy.
A female given name from French.
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People with the name Aimee
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Aimee Marcos
Filipino musician
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Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo, Aimee Marcos
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Aimee in the birth records
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Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Aimee
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Aileen♀Variant of Eileen, from Irish Eibhlín
- Aires♀Portuguese name with army and lion proposals
- Aida♀Name of Verdi’s heroine; also related to Arabic Ayda
- Aída♀Spanish Ayda/Aida; returning or visitor in Arabic
- Aidan♂Little fire
- Aiko♀Japanese Aiko; 愛子 combines love and child
- Aina♀Finnish Aino variant; also independent Anna and Japanese forms
- Aira♀Finnish variant of Airi; messenger-name tradition
What rhymes with Aimee?
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Names with a similar written ending
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Explore Aimee further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q405772 — Aimee (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q405772 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Aimee Marcos (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q405772 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Aimee (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Aimee (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Amy (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Aimée (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.