Given name & surname
Ambrosia
Ambrosia is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ambrosia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,700
- 0 boys · 1,700 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,991 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,991 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,572 as a first name in 2020; 522 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.
Ambrosia’s family of names
Ambrosia has a related form in Ambrose. Ambrosia has a related form in Ambrose. Ambrosia has a related form in Ambrosa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 16
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ambrosia
- Ambrosia TønnesenNorwegian sculptor1859–1948
- Ambrosia ParsleyAmerican musicianborn 1971
- Ambrosia AndersonAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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