Given name & surname
Ambrosio
Ambrosio is a surname. It is used in English, Tagalog, Asturian, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ambrosio is a variant of Ambrose. An origin associated with Ambrose is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Ambrosio developed from Ambrosius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ambrosio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 945
- 945 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,473 as a first name in 2020; 3,796 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.
Ambrosio’s family of names
Ambrosio shares a linguistic root with Ambrose. In Portuguese usage, Ambrosio has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Ambrogio. Ambrosio has a related form in Ambrose.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ambrosio has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 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.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Emrysequivalent
- AmbrosGerman
- ΑμβρόσιοςGreek
- AmbroiseFrench
- AmbrożyPolish
- AmbrogioItalian
- Ambrosiusroot · German, Latin
- Ambrosiequivalent
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People named Ambrosio
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of OsornoIrish-Spanish colonial administrator (1720-1801)
- Ambros MartínSpanish coach and former playerborn 1968
- Ambrosio de MoralesSpanish historian1513–1591
- Ambrosius EhingerGerman explorer and conquistador1500–1532
- Ambrosio PadillaFilipino basketball player and senator (1910-1996)
- Ambrosio BoccanegraSpanish admiral1300–1373
- Ambrosio Rianzares Bautistaauthor of the Declaration of Philippine Independence (1830-1903)
- Ambroz HaračićCroatian botanist (1855-1916)
- Ambrosio de Funes VillalpandoSpanish captain general of Cuba; viceroy of Navarra 1765-17681720–1780
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