Ambrose
Ambrose Origin and Meaning
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.
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Ambrose Rank in US Top 1000
Ambrose Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Ambrose Popularity
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Famous People Named Ambrose
- Saint Ambrose4th century archbishop of Milan, patron of learning and Patron Saint of bees & beekeeping
- Ambrose Bierceauthor
- Ambrose E. BurnsideAmerican Civil War general
- Ambrose PriceCanadian HGTV personality
- Ambrose OlsenAmerican model
- Ambrose Powell Hill JrAmerican Civil War general
- Ambrose "Rowdy" Gainesan Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Ambrose KennySmith, Australian musician ,King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Ambrose in Pop Culture
- Ambrose MonkAdrian Monk's brother on TV series "Monk"
- Ambrose Silkin Evelyn Waugh's Put Out More Flags (1942; "portrait of the homosexual eccentric and writer, Brian Howard")
- Ambrose "Jackass" Jakischaracter in "The Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Rothfuss
- Ambrose Spikea hedgehog in the book "Redwall," by Brian Jacques
- Ambrose Chappell/Ambrose Chapela person and a place in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Ambrosecharacter on American Horror Story: My Roanoke nightimare
- Ambrose Spellmancharacter from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Lord Ambrose D'Arcycharacter in the 1962 film The Phantom of the Opera
- Ambrosea squirrel in the book "Fleabee's Fortune" by Robin Jarvis
International Variations of Ambrose
- AmbrogioItalian
- AmbroiseFrench
- EmrysWelsh
- AmbrósIrish Gaelic
- AmbrosioPortuguese
- AmbrusHungarian
- AmbrosiItalian
- AmbrosiusSwedish
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