Ambrose
Top 1000
About Ambrose
Gentle but grandiose and beloved by British novelists including Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse, Ambrose was a fast rising name in 2022. Entering the UK Top 1000 for the first time and proving popular among Nameberry users, its elegance, softness, and vintage style means it fits in with popular Theodore, Sebastian, and Jeremiah.
With an air of blooming well-being, Ambrose feels a bit upper-class, a little posh, but not too stuffy. It comes from the same Greek root as 'ambrosia', the food of the gods, said to confer immortality.
Ambrose was the name of one of the important doctors of the early Christian church, the fourth century St. Ambrose. It also belonged to one of the four great Latin teachers of Christianity, who also developed the use of music in church services. TV fanatics might be interested to know that in 1961, Ambrose was designated the patron saint of educational television by Pope John XXII.
One thing that might given some parents pause is the problem of finding a nickname for the stately Ambrose. Ami? Bro? Amby? They might work for some, but other options include the stylish Bo, the literary Bram, the sweet Ro, or even the unexpected and unisex Rose.
Pronounced AM-brohz.
As of October 2026, Ambrose ranked #735 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #233 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #115.
Editor's take: The name Ambrose is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "immortal".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,701 | 89 | 46.3 |
| 2015 | #1,588 | 101 | 52.7 |
| 2016 | #1,641 | 97 | 51.1 |
| 2017 | #1,643 | 96 | 51.9 |
| 2018 | #1,465 | 118 | 65 |
| 2019 | #961 | 222 | 123.7 |
| 2020 | #820 | 280 | 162.2 |
| 2021 | #670 | 402 | 229.8 |
| 2022 | #721 | 364 | 208.5 |
| 2023 | #788 | 320 | 187.1 |
| 2024 | #741 | 345 | 200.2 |
| 2025 | #735 | 358 | 209.6 |
World rankings
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Ambrose on lists
Famous Ambroses
- Saint Ambrose
4th century archbishop of Milan, patron of learning and Patron Saint of bees & beekeeping
- Ambrose Bierce
author
- Ambrose E. Burnside
American Civil War general
- Ambrose Price
Canadian HGTV personality
- Ambrose Olsen
American model
- Ambrose Powell Hill Jr
American Civil War general
- Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines
an Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Ambrose Kenny
Smith, Australian musician ,King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Ambrose in pop culture
- Ambrose Monk
Adrian Monk's brother on TV series "Monk"
- Ambrose Silk
in Evelyn Waugh's Put Out More Flags (1942; "portrait of the homosexual eccentric and writer, Brian Howard")
- Ambrose "Jackass" Jakis
character in "The Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Rothfuss
- Ambrose Spike
a hedgehog in the book "Redwall," by Brian Jacques
- Ambrose Chappell/Ambrose Chapel
a person and a place in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Ambrose
character on American Horror Story: My Roanoke nightimare
- Ambrose Spellman
character from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Lord Ambrose D'Arcy
character in the 1962 film The Phantom of the Opera
- Ambrose
a squirrel in the book "Fleabee's Fortune" by Robin Jarvis
- Ambrose Little
love interest in the book "Once and for All" by Sarah Dessen