Ambrose?

[Lalafelpotato]

Hiya,

Thoughts on the name Ambrose for a boy please?

Rice

I think it's cute. A bit silly but I think it's a name someone could pull off if you liked them. What are you thinking for nicknames?

The welsh version of Ambrose is Emrys (pron. EM-riss), and is much nicer.

Emrys is nice, my name is Emma though... Do you think that's too many Em's? lol! xx

Ambrose is lovely. Much nicer than Emrys.

Don't tell me, your OH is called Rhys.

I’m not keen. I think of rice too. But I’ve never known anyone with the name. Maybe it could grow on me. Was there one in The Archers? Why would a nickname be needed?

Nicknames i'm stuck on but that could be a good thing that it doesn't get shortened? what do you think? x

Ones i can think of are: Amby, Brosy, Bo, Bram, Ro :/ not sure lol

Not to my taste (no pun intended).

I don't think it needs a nickname,

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

I think it's lovely!

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.

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.

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...

Not for me

I like it! Classic and timeless.

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

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

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.

Really solid but slightly unusual name without going too far.

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

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

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

Abraham?