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My name is Amy and I hated it growing up. I just never thought it sounded attractive and hated that I had no nickname/full name options. I actually would have liked Amelia nn Amy. I think this would have fit me well. I know a lot of people seem to dislike Amelia though. I also don't like the fact that it seems very modern and nineties even though it's been around since the 1800s. I always thought it was a little too precious and pink. I don't really like it on a little girl. I didn't like growing up with it. I especially didn't like that it didn't translate well into other languages, maybe there's Aimee, but not really any equivalents besides that. That kind of thing just bothered me, it felt very white American.

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Only recently have I grown to appreciate my name. It has served me a lot better in high school than it did in childhood. I think short, simple names lend themselves well to the teen years. People are going to toss your name around a lot more in your high speed life. And I've gotten to the age where my name appears more fun that cutesy.

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Some people have the impression that the name is extremely popular. I think it's more consistently popular than trendy, so it doesn't really cause too much problems. I never had too much trouble with other Amy's in school. I've only ran into a handful of others. There were probably about five, including me, in my whole high school of about 2,000 kids, and I was born in 1990. I did run into a bit of trouble at church though, where there were two other Amys/Aimees around my age.

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The one thing that still really bothers me is that since Amy is like a perpetual nickname, I don't really have much fallback, especially since my long name is really long, difficult, and obscure. A good, solid, or at least fun middle name would have been great and much appreciated, but instead I got Lynn. I hate it, especially with the whole trend of Lynn being tacked on to everything that's been running amuck for about two and a half decades now. So I'd suggest pairing Amy with a practical, while beautiful, timeless name. No filler. Sorry if that was a lot lol.

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My siblings are Robert (Robby) and Kristen. I know another sibset of a Kristen, an Amy, and a James (Jimmy). I think Amy's pretty unusual since it's a simple classic with a modern/90s feel. So I have a hard time pairing it, but I'll give it a go. Some of the sibling suggestions are from Little Women, in which Amy is a character.

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Combos
Amy Josephine
Amy Elizabeth
Amy Laura
Amy Laurel
Amy Kate
Amy Nora
Amy Julia
Amy Edith
Amy Victoria
Amy Roberly
Amy Korinna
Amy Faith
Amy Ruth
Amy Willow
Amy Jocelyn
Amy Rebecca
Amy Caroline
Amy Helen
Amy Persephone
Amy Calypso
Amy Phaedra
Amy Daphne
Amy Judith
Amy Delilah
Amy Wisteria
Amy Winona
Amy Jonquil
Amy Rosalie
Amy Rosario
Amy Katharine
Amy Gloria
Amy Jasmine
Amy October
Amy Cora
Amy Coralie
Amy Imogen
Amy Pearl
Amy Rupinder
Amy Vesna
Amy Viviana
Amy Henrietta
Amy Harriet
Amy Madeleine

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Siblings:
Christian
Thomas nn Tom
Heath
Jordan
James nn Jamie
Casey
Theodore nn Teddy
Frederick nn Freddy
Adam
John
Jonah
Jonas
Robin
Jay
Calvin
Gabriel
Michael nn Mickey
Aleksy
Ryan
Finn
Maxwell
Cameron

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Laura
Susan
Josephine
Margaret
Lucy
Rebecca
June
April
Jane
Elizabeth
Korinna
Diane
Joan
Violet
Vivian
Leigh
Lily
Rose
Jill
Jocelyn
Nora
Edith
Nadia
Sasha
Robin/Roberly nn Robby
Rhiannon
Aubrey
Kate
Cindy
Julia
Victoria
Hope
Ruth
Caroline
Helen
Zoe
Chloe
Judith nn Judy
Lila
Delilah
Sylvia
Gloria
Jasmine nn Jaz
Rosalind nn Roz
Cora/Kora
Dorothy
Jenna
Emma
Gemma
Reva
Madeleine
Cara/Kara