Given name & surname
Ambros
“resembling the jewel; a warm honey color”
In German use, Ambros is a variant of Amber. One French interpretation is “resembling the jewel; a warm honey color.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Ambros is a variant of Amber. One French interpretation is “resembling the jewel; a warm honey color.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Ambros is a variant of Amber. An origin associated with Amber is Arabic. Ambros is a variant of Ambrose. An origin associated with Ambrose is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Ambros is a short form of Ambrosius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Ambros is a variant of Amber. The history of Amber gives this family its wider story. Amber began appearing as a given name toward the end of the nineteenth century. Kathleen Winsor’s 1944 novel Forever Amber later helped bring it wider attention.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ambros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,123 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,123 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 332 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ambros’s family of names
In German usage, Ambros is a short form of Ambrosius. In German usage, Ambros has a related form in Amber. Ambros has a related form in Ambrose.
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Around the world
Ambros has relatives in 10 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ambros
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