Show name amy means beloved the name amy is of anin origin and means beloved there is something sweet and gentle about the name which well fits its meaning writes florence A cowles in in the cleveland plain dealer amy robsart is the most famous I 1 in history to bear the name its meaning was hollow for her for she was the unloved wife of the earl of leicester favorite of queen elizabeth she was found dead at the foot of a stairway with her neck broken and it was suspected that her husband vas an accessory to her murder but there was no proof of this and some modern historians believe her death was the result of a plot to discredit leicester |