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Ambrose?

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Lalafelpotato · 18/09/2019 16:17

Hiya,

Thoughts on the name Ambrose for a boy please?

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Elodie2019 · 18/09/2019 19:54

Ignore the rice comments.

Why? It's the first thing that came to other people's mind. Mine too.

CherryPavlova · 18/09/2019 19:48

I think it’s lovely and very masculine.

Carpetburns · 18/09/2019 19:48

"Ambrosia!"
(The man singing it in the rice pudding advert) is the first thing that comes to mind

nespressowoo · 18/09/2019 19:46

Sorry thought you said for a girl. Still awful.

Shinysun · 18/09/2019 19:46

Makes me want to yell AMBROSIA (like the custard advert)

nespressowoo · 18/09/2019 19:45

Emrys is a Welsh man's name.

Think of custard with Ambrose. Sorry.

daisypond · 18/09/2019 19:44

I’ve been thinking about this one and it’s grown on me a lot. It’s definitely a male name, after the saint.

ittooshallpass · 18/09/2019 19:44

A colleague named her son Ambrose. I had to bite my tongue as I think it’s awful. Sorry OP, it’s not for me.

squeakybike · 18/09/2019 19:43

Custard

Soubriquet · 18/09/2019 19:42

Inspired from Sabrina by any chance?

It’s a nice name though.

Arkbuilder · 18/09/2019 19:41

Abraham?

hightymike · 18/09/2019 19:40

I think it would be beautiful for a girl - it sounds very feminine to me.

jitterbugg · 18/09/2019 19:39

@octoberismytime didn’t see your reply, exactly my thoughts!

jitterbugg · 18/09/2019 19:39

I thought it was for a girl when I saw the title Blush as it seems like a mash up of Amber and Rose. Then there’s the custard connotation.
I really dislike it OP

BlueWonder · 18/09/2019 19:32

Really solid but slightly unusual name without going too far.

ColaFreezePop · 18/09/2019 19:30

Good West Indian name - though only if you are aged 80+.

You also may find random old people telling you that was their grandfather's name.

AdultHumanFemale · 18/09/2019 19:23

Oooh, this was top of my boys' names list. Needless to say, I love it. Had DDs though...

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Lalafelpotato · 18/09/2019 19:19

It's so odd that we all get different imagery with names! Ambrose sounds farmer-y to me :')

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Grufallosfriends · 18/09/2019 19:16

I like it! Classic and timeless.

Nonameyet1 · 18/09/2019 19:05

Not for me

octoberismytime · 18/09/2019 19:01

I think it’s a really feminine sounding name for a man.
Amb- makes me think of Amber
Rose- speaks for itself!

I can’t imagine a builder or mechanic with a name like this. I think they’d have the piss taken out of them to be honest...

Musmerian · 18/09/2019 18:53

It’s a great name. Ignore the rice comments. Those kind of associations would make lots of lovely names off limits, like Flora. When I called my son Edmund everyone said he would get blackadder comments all the time- he doesn’t. Aubrey is similar and also lovely imo.

Terramirabilis · 18/09/2019 18:50

We used it as a middle name. Not the same impact as a first name of course. We're not in the UK so no one would think of rice. I liked the story of St. Ambrose and his connection to St Augustine. I think it's an elegant name.

ParanoidGynodroid · 18/09/2019 18:37

I think it's lovely!

pumkinspicetime · 18/09/2019 17:56

I suspect he would be nn rice at school but I actually rather like it as a name.

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