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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AMBROSE,
AMBROSS.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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AMBROSE, AMBROSS.
Bardsley has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Ambrose"; Fr.
Ambroise. No doubt the fair amount of popularity obtained in England
for this fontal name was due to the great St. Ambrose, Archbishop of
Milan. The Church would not readily let his name be lost in
obscurity (v. Yonge, Hist. Christian Names, i. 248). Ambrosi is a
familiar Italian surname. Arthur
has: (Greek)
From Ambrosios/ἀμβρόσιος, divine, immortal.
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