Ambrose

  • [ AM-broz ]
  • 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
FRENCH: Ambroise
GEORGIAN: Ambrosi
HUNGARIAN: Ambrus
ITALIAN: Ambrogio
POLISH: Ambroży
PORTUGUESE: Ambrósio
SLOVENE: Ambrož
SPANISH: Ambrosio
WELSH: Emrys
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Broos
ITALIAN: Ambrogino, Giotto
LIMBURGISH: Broos
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Ambrosia
ENGLISH: Ambrosine