My real name is "Amie" (like "Amy"), which was originally supposed to be "Ami" (Ah-mee), but an "E" somehow got tacked on, while my parents were having a dispute about exactly which of those two names to name me. -_-; Thanks, mom & dad. I was never fond of my name & its pronunciation as it's just too damn common where I come from. It never felt very unique.
Finally, after doing some research on my favorite language, Japanese, I found that I like the sounds of their vowels, which eventually led me to spelling my name out, as it sounds, using their vowels: E-i-mi (Ay-ee-mee). I liked the spelling much better & later ended up doing a bit more research to see if this particular spelling meant anything.
Holy cow, was I surprised! This is what I found:
Eimi is a Japanese given name for girls. The name literally means "Beautiful scripture (writing)".
(I'm an aspiring writer! I have been, ever since I was 9 years old.)
Eimi is also a first name in Hebrew for girls which literally means "My mother".
(I love kids! I'm not interested in bearing my own, but I'm very protective & loving.)
It also has a second meaning in Ancient Greek which is translated as "I am" or "To be".
(I am who I am, but I always strive to be better off, particularly in health & enlightenment.)
Thus, "Eimi" has become the name for an original character of mine who is basically just a fantasy extension of myself.
She's kind of like a Mary-Sue, since she gets to live/play in my world & see/do things that I can only dream of.
I tend to use her as my alias for just about everything, especially on sites like this, when I get to be more her & less myself. ;P