Ambrose

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “immortal.”
Eng (AM-broze); Fre (ahm-BWAHZ)

Ambrose is an English version of the Late Latin, Ambrosius, which is a form of the Greek male name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios), meaning, “immortal.”

The name was borne by a 4th-century Christian saint, a contemporary of St. Augustine of Hippo. He is considered a Doctor of the Church and the patron saint of Milan.

As of 2010, its French form of Ambroise was the 391st most popular male name in France.

The designated name-day is December 7.

There is a feminine version as well, Ambrosia, and in Greek mythology, it is borne by the daughter of Atlas and Pleione. It was also the name of the food of the gods eaten on Mount Olympos.

Other forms of the name include:

• Ambrozi (Albanian)
• Ambrosiu (Asturian)
• Anbortsi (Basque)
• Ambroaz (Breton)
• Amvrosij Амвросий (Bulgarian/Russian/Ukrainian)
• Ambròs (Catalan)
• Ambrosgiu (Corsican)
• Ambrozije (Croatian)
• Ambrož (Czech/Slovene)
• Ambroos (Dutch)
• Broos (Dutch/Limburgish)
• Ambroise (French)
• Ambros (German/Romansch)
• Ambrosios Αμβροσιος (Greek)
• אמברוזיוס Ambrwzyws (Hebrew)
• Ambrus (Hungarian)
• Ambrósíus (Icelandic)
• Ambróis (Irish)
• Bosone (Italian: obscure)
• Ambrogio/Ambrogino (Italian: more common forms)
• Ambrosino (Italian: obscure)
• Ambrosi (Kiswahili)
• Ambrosius (Late Latin/Danish/Dutch/Finnish/German/Estonian/Norwegian/Swedish)
• Ambrozijs (Latvian)
• Ambraziejus (Lithuanian)
• Ambroeus (Lombard)
• Ambroży (Polish)
• Ambrósio (Portuguese)
• Ambrozie (Romanian)
• Ambrosi(Romansch)
• Ambròsu (Sardinian)
• Ambroggiu (Sicilian)
• Ambróz (Slovakian)
• Ambrosio (Spanish/Galician/Italian/Venetian)
• Emrys (Welsh)

Feminine forms include:

• Ambroisine/Ambrosine (French)
• Ambrogia/Ambrogina (Italian)
• Ambrosina (Italian)
• Ambrosia (Greek/Italian)
• Ambrozja (Polish)
• Ambrozija (Slovene)