Ambrose

Meaning and origin of Ambrose

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Ambrose on Nomezo lists

What our editors wrote about Ambrose on 12 lists.

• “Gentle, wise and well spoken”

  From Nicknames for ChatGPT, butler and assistant-style names

• “Greek for immortal, for a cat with nine lives to spare”

  From Boy cat names, old-fashioned boy cat names

• “Greek for immortal, gentle and old-world”

  From Boy dog names, distinguished names for gentleman dogs

• “Immortal; Greek. Saintly and rare”

  From Boy middle names, unique boy middle names

• “Immortal; Greek. A fourth-century bishop of Milan”

  From Classic boy names, traditional Latin and Greek boy names

• “Bishop of Milan and mentor to Augustine”

  From Priest names, saint names with meaning

• “Soft, sweet and a little bit wizardly”

  From Funny names that start with A, big, fun-to-say first names that start with A

• “Immortal; Greek. Fitting for a character who simply refuses to age”

  From Gothic names, gothic male names with real meanings

• “Immortal; Greek, borne by a 4th-century saint of Milan”

  From Names that mean death, boy names that mean death or immortality

• “Immortal; Greek. A fourth-century bishop of Milan”

  From Old man names, distinguished old man names

• “Immortal one; Greek, a fourth-century bishop of Milan”

  From Unique boy names, uncommon boy names from Greek and Latin

• “Greek for immortal, the most fitting meaning a vampire could want”

  From Vampire names, male vampire names

How popular is Ambrose?

Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, 1880 to 2025, as published in 2026. Each spelling is counted separately, a name given to fewer than 5 babies of one sex in a year is left out, and few people born before 1937 have records, which is why the chart shows babies per million rather than raw counts.

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