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Amy vs Annie - What's the difference?

amy | annie |

As a noun amy

is friend.

As a proper noun annie is

also, a popular given name in the 19th century.

amy

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • .
  • * 1886 Hubert Hall: Society in the Elizabethan Age . Kessinger Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0766139743 page 94:
    • The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy' Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name '''Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name ''Aime might be read for Anne.
  • * 1975 Derek Marlowe: Nightshade . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. page 7:
    • As a child, Amy' could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name ' Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.
  • * 1999 Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler: East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. ISBN 0306808870 page 5:
    • As Amy' had been baptized Amelia ( but always called ' Amy ) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.

    Related terms

    * Aimee * Amata * Amey

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    annie

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • . Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.
  • * William Douglas(?), :
    • Maxwelton braes are bonnie / Where early fa's the dew; / An' it's there that Annie Laurie / Gi'ed me her promise true.
  • * 1830 , Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names :
    • I never thought of the most brilliant and elegant women in England quite so charming as she really is, till I heard her call her younger sister "Annie ". It seemed to remove at once the almost repellent quality which belongs to extreme polish, - gave a genial warmth to her brightness, became her like a smile. - - - If she had called her sister Anna-Maria according to the register, I should have admired, and feared, and shunned her to my dying day.
  • * 1947 , Hilda Lawrence, Death of a Doll , pages 39-40:
    • "I want you to stop calling yourself by that silly name, Annie'," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said clearly. "It's inappropriate and ridiculous and I don't like it. It may even be dishonest, I don't know. At any rate, you're to stop it at once. I looked up your registration, and your name is ' Annie , a solid, Christian name. You'll do well to abide by it."
    "I don't like Annie ," Jewel said.
    "It suits your face," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said. A titter ran around the listening room.

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