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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Ambrosia f. Latin ambrosia 'food of the gods' from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία 'immortality'.

The name was also used as a fem. of Ambrose.

France
Middle French
● 1567 Ambroyse RegPCC-1 p. 294; 1568 Ambroyse ibid. p. 403
Italy
Latin
◑ 1527 Ambrosina (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
Italian
◑ 1513x1521 Ambroxina LeoX p. 15
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ambrosia". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Ambrosia.