Ambrose?

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Hiya,

Thoughts on the name Ambrose for a boy please?

Gabriel is a lot more feminine! Theodore is very feminine also but really popular now

Gabriel isn’t as feminine as Ambrose. Theodore isn’t feminine at all- I don’t know where you’re getting that from.

Ambrose literally looks like Amber and Rose mashed up.
Theodore doesn’t have anything feminine sounding in it. No ‘rose’ or ‘-a’ ending or ‘elle’ or ‘ette’. nothing feminine about it. Unlike Ambrose

@octoberlovin My partner works in I.T & his boss is a cross dresser & makes 500K+ per year & only goes by his female name at work (also wears a skirt). That's also a mostly male dominated industry but he's paid for his skill & knowledge. I appreciate what you are saying though, rather they had the option though x

And for gods sake don’t start with this “they might not identify as a boy when they are older” bollocks

They may dress like a girl if they wish...but guess what, no matter how much surgery they have, biologically they are still a boy!

Makes me think of an old black man.

I love it OP.

Reminds me of a character from one of my fave books, 'My Cousin Rachel'.

October I know several girls called Theo/Theodore/Theodora to be fair

Ah to follow on from my last comment... that'll be because of that show Desmond's about the hairdressers in Peckham that used to be on the telly in the 80's/90's 🤣

@Yeahsurewhatever Same :/

I love it.
There was a radio presenter called Ambrose Harcourt.
I don't think it needs a nickname but I suppose it'd be Am or Bro.

Theodora is a girls’ name though because it’s the female version of Theodore..you can’t say ‘oh Joseph is a feminine name because I know a girl named Josephine’

his boss is a cross dresser & makes 500K+ per year & only goes by his female name at work (also wears a skirt)
OP, I commend you. You had us for a while. Now we see you’re just trolling us but it was fun while it lasted.

@Penelopeeeeee nope?

I do immediately associate it with Ambrosia Rice Pudding tbh.
It's not a bad name though if you don't have that association, and people would forget that when they get to know the baby.
It sounds modern and fresh, I think it also sounds quite elegant too. There's no obvious nickname potential though, which for me wouldn't be a good thing.
If you like it, go for it.

Ambrose is a lovely boys name, but not for the basic at heart. There might be a spate of them after the awesome Ambrose character in Sabrina recently, though.

I don’t like sorry. It’s like a hybrid of two very girly names Amber and Rose.
I don’t think a 15 year old boy (which he will be one day) would thAnkyou for that name

@Penelopeeeeee He works for an Ai machine learning company, they created ai for the big 5 x

Well i think we can all agree it's quite a marmite name 🤣! Thanks for the input everyone :) x

Gabrielle is feminine whilst Gabriel is masculine
Theodore is definitely masculine. Theodora is feminine.
Ambrose is masculine too.

Why would you be thinking a child would need a gender neutral name in case they decide to be transgender at some time in the future?
Calling a boy Bella and popping him into pink skirts to prove you’re all accepting is much more likely to create problems in the future than calling him a traditional boys name and putting him in shorts.

What are some on these comments 🤣 it's like the 1940's up in here 🤣

I have a Thomas Ambrose, we came very close to making it his first name though!

I love it (of course I'm biased), and it was DHs grandfathers first name.

I love the name Bram and Ambrose doesnt seem far off that. I like it but probably wouldnt be brave enough to use it.

Weird comments on here. Ambrose is not gender neutral, and Gabriel and Theodore are not feminine.

All three are male names.

Ambrose is a lovely name. As long as your last name isn't Wilson.

My DS is called Emrys. I love it. He loves it because its Merlin's real name 😊

Sorry. I know you didn't ask for thoughts on Emrys but I just love it and wanted to put it out there as an alternative