If I like Ambrose...

[Namechangeblock]

...what else might I like?

I am sold on Ambrose for our baby due imminently, but DH not quite sure - just wondering what else there might be out there we haven't thought of.

Any suggestions?

[GeillisTheWitch]

Boy or girl?

[Namechangeblock]

Well I was planning on using Ambrose for a boy...so after boy suggestions...but we don't know the sex so I'll take girl suggestions too!

[OrlandaFuriosa]

Benedict
Augustus
Hector
Philip
Torquil
Quentin
Jerome or Jeremy
Ezra
Ezekiel
Isaiah
Isaac
Timothy
Marcus
Luke
Paul
Bernard
Oliver
Julian
Julius
Adrian
Barnabas
Justin
Gregory
Basil
Clement
Inigo/ignatius
Iago/jago
Maximilian/Max

[Namechangeblock]

I think I'm really fussy - only one of those I like is Benedict...

[starkid]

Tristan
Jasper
Amos
Avery
Emerson

[Namechangeblock]

I like Amos, but not more than Ambrose. Why is baby naming so hard?!

[Jooni]

Ansel/Anselm
Gabriel
Hadrian
Julian
Jovian
Tristram
Raphael
Auguste/Augustine
Octave
Gustave
Calixte
Achille
Leander
Evander
Elouan
Etienne
Victor
Joaquim
Fabian
Florian
Lucian
Dorian
Corin/Corentin
Constantine
Valentine
Laurence
Nicolai
Alexis
Cosmo
Hamish
Tavish
Phineas
Thaddeus
Magnus
Blaise

[parrotseatemall]

I always recommend www.nymbler.com in these times. It finds names similar to ones you already like, and you can keep refining your preferences.

[Sophronia]

Aubrey

[Sophronia]

Or there's Emrys, the Welsh form of Ambrose.

[wobblywonderwoman]

I really like Ambrose though I feel it more of an older persons name (not a bad thing - my dcs have traditonal names)

Do you like Francis ?
Reuben
Issac
Dominic

[MammieBear]

Ambrosia would be the girl version of that name it means heavenly however it may be too similar to custard for you so with that in mind.....
Boy's :
Lincoln
Dexter
Leighton
Alcott
Arlo

Girl's :
Adelaide
Harper
Aubrey (can be Boy as well)
Everley
Willa

[OrlandaFuriosa]

Well, Benedict is lovely.

I also like Toby and Tobias.

Had we had more sons those would have been my choice, along with Nicholas.

[grufallosfriend]

Ambrose is a great name - strong and classic.

[grufallosfriend]

I once met a Benedict who got teased with
Bendy Dick

That's put me off the name!

[Namechangeblock]

I will check out Nymbler, thanks for the tip off Parrot. I like Francis but I have a BIL called that and love Dominic - it was a contender til we realised how bad it sounds with the surname!

You're right *grufalo" bendy dick is bad...

Maybe DH will be persuaded Ambrose is the one!

[squoosh]

Ignatius
Alphonsus
Wigbert
Boniface

[starkid]

squoosh - Wigbert?! I've never heard of that name :O

[squoosh]

It's a bit left field isn't it? 😅

Ambrose is a monk's name and there was a monk called Wigbert so I thought I'd slide it in there!

[Namechangeblock]

Wigbert is a monk too far for me!

[NotTheCoolMum]

Rupert

[sonlypuppyfat]

Why would you like Ambrose

[parrotseatemall]

Because it's a nice well-established name?

I know one adult Ambrose who wears it well, and it also makes me think of Cousin Ambrose from My Cousin Rachel.

[Namechangeblock]

Because it's an unusual name (so shouldn't be three in a class) but also a long established name and not younique. I like the sound of it, and it goes with my surname. Also I just like it in the nebulous, unexplainable way that many people feel about names...