Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Amby is a variant of Ambrose. An origin associated with Ambrose is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amby through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 18 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 girls is 5 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 103 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Amby
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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