Entry № 0069 · French origin

Aimée Aimée — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AY-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Beloved (Aimee Mann, Grammy; Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "beloved (aimee mann, grammy; aimee lou wood, sex education)".

Aimée is the French past participle of *aimer* ("to love") — "beloved." The English form Amy comes from the same root. **A top-300 US baby name from 1972 to 1995**. **Aimee Mann (born 1960)** — **American singer-songwriter; Grammy Award winner for Best Folk Album for *Mental Illness* (2017); Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Save Me" from *Magnolia* (1999)**. **Her songs anchor Paul Thomas Anderson's *Magnolia* (1999); founder of independent label SuperEgo Records (1999) — one of the foundational artist-owned labels of the 21st century**. **Aimee Lou Wood (born 1994)** — **English actress; played Aimee Gibbs on Netflix's *Sex Education* (2019-2023) for four seasons; **British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance (2021)** — making her the youngest BAFTA TV winner in that category at age 26**. **Aimée Semple McPherson (1890-1944)** — Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist; founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (1923); one of the most-influential American religious figures of the 1920s. **Aimee Garcia (born 1978)** — *Lucifer* (2016-2021), *Dexter* (2010-2013). **Aimée de Buisseret** — Belgian actress. **Aimée Anouk** — French actress (Lola, 1961; A Man and a Woman, 1966).

Featured throughout American music, film, and English television.

Beloved. Aimee Mann's Best Folk Grammy (2017); Aimee Lou Wood's BAFTA TV at 26.

The name in its native script.

Aimée
Transliteration
Aimée
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪ.mi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aimée stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 102 in 1976
Babies named Aimée · last year
130 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1942
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #102 NOW · —

Aimées before her.

Real people
Aimee Mann
American Grammy singer.
born 1960
Aimee Lou Wood
English BAFTA actress.
born 1994
Aimée Semple McPherson
Canadian-American evangelist.
1890 – 1944
In fiction
Aimee Gibbs
Sex Education.
2019

Names connected to Aimée.

The number behind Aimée.

1

The Pioneer

Aimée reduces to one — the number of Magnolia.

Why families chose this name.

"Mann's beloved. Five letters. Aimée."
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