William or Ambrose

[BlueWhiteGreen]

Hi all, baby boy due this Christmas.

Top 2 are William and Ambrose, just can’t decide which!

William. Ambrose would a niche choice.

Is there a reason you're considering Ambrose? Thinking extremely wealthy grandpa with the same name who would be devoted to mini Ambrose? If not, then virtually any other name.

William

Ambrose reminds me of custard.

Ambrose.

But I’m biased because it’s DS middle name!

I wanted it for his first name but bottled it, sometimes wish I’d stuck with it.

Ambrose is a nice name in itself but I think it sounds slightly effeminate (as well as very posh which can be good or bad depending on what you are going for). It could work fine as a middle name. William is a versatile, classic name, easy to carry off and good for a child and a man.

Definitely William for me!

William is nice but Ambrose sounds very posh. I live in a pretty deprived city , where I can't imagine anyone naming their child, Ambrose. I think it would only work as a good name, if you live in a posh/ affluent area

Are you expecting a 70 year old farmer from the West Country with bailer twine holding up their trousers?

If not, William.

Ambrose isn’t posh. It’s yokel.

Will or Rose. I prefer Will. Also think of custard however children tend to own their names, as in people just call them by their name and any association gets pushed aside so go with the name you like best.

Ambrose.
There's a lovely veteran runner in our group with the name. He's a bit posh, sprightly and ever so chatty. He's dead nice.

I think of rice pudding. But I do like rice pudding. Agree Ambrose is a yokel name.

Ambrose - such a cool and memorable name!

William will get called Willy. It’s literally in the name!

My DB is Ambrose. Neither posh nor yokel!! He shut down the custard comments very early on.

Ambrose was always my top choice but never got to use it.

But he did get them

Almost any name can be teased, even popular ones. Horrid Henry, Willy William etc etc so I don’t see how a potential custard association is any worse?

Either are fine. Ambrose is a bit love it or hate it . William is nice but very middle of the road. He will be known as William Initial of Surname eg William B as at least one other in the class. ( or Will/ wills / Bill / Billy )

In South Manchester, Ambrose is the name of a boys grammar school. It'd be pretty weird if they ever came to live in that town with the name Ambrose.

Would you shorten it to anything? I can't think of what you could shorten it to. Ammy? Bro? Rose?

William, 100%

Billy is lovely for a young boy, Will for a cool teen/young adult. Bill when he's a old man. It's so versatile.

Ambrose is very limited in comparison, and I agree it's a very niche taste.

Ambrose is dreadful.

Are you Catholic? Ambrose quite a Catholic name. William very solid choice - royal names never go out of fashion.

I second this sorry @BlueWhiteGreen The image it conjours up for me is custard, or some kind of food - like rice or something.

Just no. William is much better. So much mileage with this name too... William as a child, Billy when he's a little bit older, then Will as a young man, then Bill when he's middle aged and older.

I love both but I really love Ambrose.