Hannah vs Amy - What's the difference?
hannah | amy |
Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
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* 1959 , Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 33:
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* 1886 Hubert Hall: Society in the Elizabethan Age . Kessinger Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0766139743 page 94:
* 1975 Derek Marlowe: Nightshade . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. page 7:
* 1999 Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler: East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. ISBN 0306808870 page 5:
As a proper noun hannah
is mother of the prophet samuel in the old testament.As a noun amy is
friend.hannah
English
Proper noun
(s)- Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah , why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?
- "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
- He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
- She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah .
amy
English
Proper noun
(s)- 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.
- 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.
- As Amy' had been baptized Amelia ( but always called ' Amy ) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.