Question: is lamy a real name?
Answer: This interesting surname is of French origin, and is from the Old French given name or nickname "Amis", meaning friend, from the Latin "amicus", a derivative or "amare", to love. ... The modern surname can be found as Lamy, Ami, Amy, L'Amie and Lamey; Lamy and Lamey being forms with the fused preposition "le, la".