Ambrose (given name)

Ambrose is a given name. It is derived from Greek ambrosios, meaning (belonging to) immortal(s), god-like; cf. ambrosia, food of gods. Notable people with the name include:

• St Ambrose of Milan
• St. Ambrose Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli, (1386–1439), Italian monk and theologian
• Ambrose Akinmusire (born 1982), Nigerian-American jazz trumpeter
• Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913), American author
• Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), American general and namesake of sideburns
• Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini (1968–2020), Swazi politician and businessman
• Ambrose Gaines IV (born 1959), American swimmer better known as Rowdy Gaines
• John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945), English electrical engineer and physicist. Invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, established the right-hand rule used in physics.
• Ambrose K. Hutchison (1856–1932), Hawaiian resident leader of the leper settlement of Kalaupapa
• Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Australian singer and harmonicist of The Murlocs and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
• Ambrose O'Brien (1885–1968), Canadian industrialist
• Ambrose Page (1723–1791), Rhode Island admiralty judge who declined appointment as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
• Ambrose Small (1863–1919), Canadian theatre magnate
• Ambrose Tarrant (1866–1938), Australian cricketer
• Ambrose Parry, pseudonym of Scottish authors Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman

Amby

• Amby Burfoot (born 1946), American long-distance runner and journalist
• Amby Fogarty (1933–2016), Irish footballer
• Amby McConnell (1883–1942), American baseball player
• Amby Paliwoda (1909–1999), American animator

See also

• Ambroise (name)
• Ambrosius
• Ambrož (disambiguation)
• Amvrosy

References

Sources

• Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
• Petrovskij, Nikandr A. (2000). Slovarʹ russkich ličnych imen: bolee 3000 imen Словарь русских личных имен: более 3000 имен [Dictionary of Russian First Names: More Than 3000 Names] (in Russian). Moskva: Русские словари [Russkie Slovari]. ISBN 5-17-002940-3.
• Superanskaja, Aleksandra Vasilʹevna; Institut Jazykoznanija (2005). Sovremennyj slovarʹ ličnych imën: spavnenie, proizchoždenie, napisanie Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание [Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling] (in Russian). Moskva: Айрис-пресс [Ajris Press]. ISBN 5-17-002940-3.