Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ambroise is a variant of Ambrose. An origin associated with Ambrose is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
Ambroise’s family of names
Ambroise shares a linguistic root with Ambrose. In French usage, Ambroise has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ambrosio. Ambroise has a related form in Ambrose.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ambroise has relatives in 28 languages.
26 related names in 28 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ambroise
- Ambroise ParéFrench surgeon1510–1590
- Ambroise ThomasFrench composer1811–1896
- Ambroise OyongoCameroonian association football playerborn 1991
- Ambroise VollardFrench art dealer (1866–1939)
- Palisot de BeauvoisFrench naturalist and entomologist (1752–1820)
- Ambroise OuédraogoNigerien Roman Catholic bishopborn 1948
- Auguste Ambroise TardieuFrench pathologist (1818–1879)
- Ambroise Louis GarnerayFrench corsair, painter and writer (1783-1857)
- Ambroise DuboisDutch painter (1542-1614)
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