The name of a 3rd C saint, a 4th C archbishop of Milan, a 5th C Romano-British war leader who later was identified with King Arthur, and a 14th C Italian saint.
The Welsh form is Emrys.
- Austria
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- Early New High German
- ● 1439 Ambrosi (nom) ChronSH p. 34,
Ambrosius (nom) ibid. p. 37,
Ambrosy (nom) ibid. p. 32
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Ambrosius BoonenGes p. 387
- Croatia
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- Croatian
- ● 1597 Ambros Susedgrad1597 p. 29,
Ambrosius ibid. p. 29,
Iambros ibid. p. 29,
Iambrws ibid. p. 29,
Iamres ibid. p. 29
- ◑ 1597 Iambrek Susedgrad1597 p. 29,
Iambrich ibid. p. 29,
Iambrych ibid. p. 29
- Czech Republic
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- Middle High German
- ● 1373 Ambrosius (nom) Rössler1 102
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1567 Ambrosius (nom) Chst-1 p. 11;
1570 Ambros (gen) RegPat p. 100;
1573 Ambros (gen) ibid. p. 32;
1574 Ambros (gen) ibid. p. 32;
1580 Ambross (gen) ibid. p. 103;
1582/3 Ambros (gen) ibid. p. 35
- Dutch
- ● 1572 Ambrose AuFr Hubrechts;
1591 Ambrosius ibid. Swarte;
1592 Ambrosius ibid. Swarte;
1595 Ambrosius ibid. Sijluart;
1596 Ambrosius ibid. Silvoort;
1598 Ambrosius ibid. Gilbert
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Ambrose LIWill-III p. 87;
1546 Ambros BarnstapleBap p. 5,
StAnthonlin p. 5;
1547 Ambros ibid. p. 6;
1557 Ambrose bruton1 p. 109;
1560 Ambros StAnthonlin p. 13;
1561 Ambros ibid. p. 14;
1563 Ambros ibid. p. 15;
1571 Ambros RegPat p. 101;
1572/3 Ambros SurMus p. 170;
1577 Ambrose SaxhamSf p. 3;
1580 Amberus ibid. p. 39;
1583/4 Ambrose SurMus p. 14;
1585 Ambrose COmar-vol2 p. 49;
1586 Ambros StAnthonlin p. 32;
1587 Ambrose HAmar-vol9 p. 139,
Ambrosse bruton1 p. 47;
1588/9 Ambros RegPat p. 108;
1590 Ambrose bruton1 p. 50;
1591 Ambrose HAmar-vol9 p. 116;
1592 Ambrose HWCP2 p. 12;
1593 Ambrose DEmar-vol2 p. 26;
1595 Ambrose bruton1 p. 54;
1597 Ambrose DEmar-vol2 p. 34;
1597/8 Ambrose bruton1 p. 56;
1598 Ambrose ibid. p. 125;
1599 Ambrose DEmar-vol2 p. 41,
RegGorton p. 1
- Middle French
- ● 1577 Ambroise WCS p. 13;
1579 ambroise ibid. p. 15;
1581 Ambroise ibid. p. 45;
1582 Ambroise ibid. p. 17;
1583 ambroise ibid. p. 103
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1437 Brosyus BbRT p. 360;
1592 Brosius Tiik1977 p. 285,
Roeß ibid. p. 285,
Rose ibid. p. 285
- Early Modern Swedish
- ◑ 1584 Broß (nom) Hiiumaa p. 290;
1587 Brose (nom) ibid. p. 192;
1599 Broos (nom) ibid. p. 105
- France
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- Middle French
- ● 1392 Ambrois MemBret-II col. 600,
Ambroys ibid. col. 601
- ◑ 1423 Ambroisin favier 363
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1540 Ambrosius (nom) quix-vol1 p. 58
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 967 Ambrosius (nom) RCI-Cam1 3;
1236 Ambrosii (gen) TirNot1 10;
1265x1339 Ambrosi (gen) BBC-Berg 643,
Ambrosii (gen) ibid. 146;
1278 Ambrosius (nom) ibid. p. XLIII;
1281 Ambrosius (nom) ibid. p. XLIII;
1282 Ambrosius (nom) ibid. p. XLVIII;
1368 Ambrosii (gen) Livi 221;
1376 Ambroxio (abl) DouGen1 p. 18,
Ambroxius (nom) ibid. p. 216;
1464 Ambrosius (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI;
1522x1532 Ambrosius (nom) DSF p. 59, 47;
1527 Ambrosij (gen) Rome1527 p. 87,
Ambrosius (nom) ibid. p. 84
- Italian
- ● 1490 Ambrosio VitAs2 I;
1513x1521 Ambrogio LeoX p. 34,
Ambrosio ibid. p. 29,
Ambroxo ibid. p. 34
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1289 Ambrosius (nom) RigSB 18;
1290 Ambrosii (gen) ibid. 617,
Ambrosius (nom) ibid. 21;
1292 Ambrosio (dat) ibid. 658;
1296 Ambrosius (nom) ibid. 791
- ◑ 1314 Brosius (nom) RigSB 209
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Ambros valencia1510 3306
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1402 Ambrosius (nom) SDHK no. 15897
- Switzerland
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- Early New High German
- ● 1555 Ambrosum (acc) MHCG2 336
Cite as: A. Brown, G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Ambrose". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Ambrose.