# Ambrose (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ambrose/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “immortal”, “divine” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæmbɹoʊz/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Brose, Ambers |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,911 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,868 / 43 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 392, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”). Compare Athanasius.

## What it means

Ambrose is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 13,937 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,347 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,459 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,026 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,246 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,084 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 2,284 |
| 2012 | 75 | 1,909 |
| 2013 | 95 | 1,613 |
| 2014 | 89 | 1,701 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,588 |
| 2016 | 97 | 1,641 |
| 2017 | 97 | 1,630 |
| 2018 | 118 | 1,465 |
| 2019 | 222 | 961 |
| 2020 | 281 | 818 |
| 2021 | 402 | 672 |
| 2022 | 365 | 721 |
| 2023 | 320 | 788 |
| 2024 | 349 | 739 |
| 2025 | 358 | 735 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,117 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 35 | 890 |
| 2024 | 33 | 945 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Амвросий
- Catalan: Ambròs
- Czech: Ambrož
- Dutch: Ambrosius
- Esperanto: Ambrozio
- Estonian: Ambrosius
- Finnish: Ambrosius, Rossi
- French: Ambroise
- German: Ambrosius, Ambros
- Greek: Αμβρόσιος
- Hungarian: Ambrus
- Irish: Ambrós
- Italian: Ambrogio
- Latin: Ambrosius
- Polish: Ambroży
- Portuguese: Ambrósio
- Romanian: Ambrozie
- Russian: Амвро́сий
- Slovak: Ambróz
- Slovene: Ambrož

## People named Ambrose

- Ambrose Bierce, American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)
- John Ambrose Fleming, English electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945)
- Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician (1824–1881)
- Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, former Prime Minister of Eswatini
- Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate Army general (1825-1865)
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American mechanical engineer (1860–1930)
- Ambrose Akinmusire, American jazz composer and trumpeter
- Ambrose Barlow, English Benedictine martyr
- Ambrose H. Sevier, American politician (1801-1848)
- Ambrose Senyshyn, American Ukrainian archbishop (1903-1976)
- Ambrose Philips, Anglo-Irish poet and politician
- Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (1801–1889)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.