Ambroise as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ambroise

What is the meaning of the name Ambroise ?

The baby name Ambroise is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /ɑ̃.bʁwaz/ (ahn-BRWAZ),English (approx.): /æmˈbrɔɪz/ (am-BROYZ).

Ambroise is Greek in Origin.

Ambroise is the French form of Ambrose, from Latin Ambrosius, ultimately the Greek ambrosios meaning "immortal, divine," related to ambrosia, the food of the gods. The name thus conveys a sense of deathless grace or belonging to the immortals.

Carried across Christendom by Saint Ambrose of Milan (4th century), a seminal bishop and hymn writer, Ambroise found steady use in medieval and early modern France and persists in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Quebec, occasionally as a surname. Distinguished bearers include the pioneering surgeon Ambroise Paré and a 12th-century Norman poet named Ambroise. International variants span Ambrose (English), Ambrosio (Spanish), Ambrósio (Portuguese), Ambrogio (Italian), Ambrosius (German/Latin), Amvrosy/Amvrosii (Russian and other East Slavic), Ambrus (Hungarian), Ambroży (Polish), and Ambrož (Czech/Slovene). Short forms include Brose and Ambro; feminine counterparts include Ambrosia and the French Ambrosine.