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Comments and insights on the name Amity

The Amity are a faction in the "Divergent" series which is being translated to film, the first to release in 2014. This may bring some more (positive?) attention to the name.
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Whenever I hear this, I only think of the Amityville Horror House.
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It's also the name of the city terrorized by the shark in Jaws. I think it's a great geographical name and reminds me of the Puritan era.

Personal experiences with the name Amity

Amity's are inteligent people, caring, free spirited, and loving creatures.

Nicknames for Amity

Ammo
Am
Calamity
Mimi
Mit/ Mitty/ Mits

Meanings and history of the name Amity

Also means "concord" or "harmony" - synonymous with "cordiality"

Famous real-life people named Amity

Amity Shlaes, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and prolific economic writer
Amity Dry, Australian T.V personality.

Amity in song, story & screen

"Amity", song by Elliott Smith
"AmityVille" song by Eminem
"Amityville Horror" Horror Film based on true events about a boy who murdered his family as they slept, in the town of Amityville U.S.A.