Boy · Ancient Greek, through Latin
Ambrose
Say it: AM-brohz
Meaning
Greek ambrosios, 'immortal, divine'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The patron of Milan, where Ambrogio is still common; used in English since the Middle Ages.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 9,074 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 2,300 boys
- 278 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ambrosius
| French | Ambroise |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Ambrosio |
| Italian | Ambrogio |
| Portuguese | Ambrósio |
| German | Ambrosius |
| Polish | Ambroży |
| Russian | Amvrosiy |
| Greek | Amvrosios |
Famous bearers
- Ambrose, 4th-century bishop of Milan
- Ambrose Bierce, American writer
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.