AmbrÓSio

  • [ əm-BRAW-zyoo ]
  • Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMBROSE   male   English
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Ambrosios, Ambrosius
CROATIAN: Ambrozije
CZECH: Ambrož
DUTCH: Ambroos
ENGLISH: Ambrose
FRENCH: Ambroise
GEORGIAN: Ambrosi
HUNGARIAN: Ambrus
ITALIAN: Ambrogio
POLISH: Ambroży
SLOVENE: Ambrož
SPANISH: Ambrosio
WELSH: Emrys
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Broos
ITALIAN: Ambrogino, Giotto
LIMBURGISH: Broos
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Ambrosia
ENGLISH: Ambrosine