boy's name
Ambroise
ahm-BRWAHZ
- Origin French
- Gender Boy
- Letters 8
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 9,103
France
#178
2025 births
Ambroise is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "immortal," from the food of the gods. It ranks 178th in France, is at its peak in our records now, and appears in no other market we hold.
- Ambroise is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2025, when 310 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,902 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Ambroise over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 935 |
| 1910s | 730 |
| 1920s | 795 |
| 1930s | 555 |
| 1940s | 350 |
| 1950s | 290 |
| 1960s | 190 |
| 1970s | 240 |
| 1980s | 395 |
| 1990s | 665 |
| 2000s | 980 |
| 2010s | 1,385 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,580 |
What Ambroise means
Ambroise means immortal, or belonging to the immortals, from the Greek ambrotos. Ambrosia is the same word — the food that made the gods deathless — so the name and the food describe one idea.
Where Ambroise comes from
Ambroise is the French form of the Greek Ambrosios, from ambrotos, immortal, built from a negating prefix and a root meaning mortal — the same root, ultimately, as the Latin mors. Ambrosia is what the gods ate to stay deathless. Its saint is Ambrose of Milan, the fourth-century bishop who was acclaimed by the crowd while still an unbaptized provincial governor, forced the emperor Theodosius to do public penance for a massacre, and baptized Augustine — three things that between them shaped the medieval relationship of church and state. Augustine records watching him read silently, which struck him as remarkable and is often cited as early evidence that silent reading was unusual. Ambroise Paré, the sixteenth-century surgeon who abandoned cauterizing wounds with boiling oil, is the name's other great French bearer.
Ambroise in use
Ambroise ranks 178th in France with about 310 births in 2025 and is rising, with its peak in our records in 2025. Our records carry it from 1900. It appears in no other market we hold, which places it with Ulysse, Octave, Garance and Olympe among the classical French names that have never crossed a border despite a source everyone recognizes.
How popular is Ambroise?
In 2025, Ambroise was given to 310 babies in France, ranking #178 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Ambroise is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Ambroise
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Ambroise also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ambroise over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Ambroise in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Ambroise
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ambroise — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Ambroise
What does the name Ambroise mean?
Ambroise means "immortal," from the Greek ambrotos — the same word behind ambrosia, the food of the gods.
Who was Saint Ambrose?
The fourth-century bishop of Milan who made the emperor Theodosius do public penance and who baptized Augustine.
How do you pronounce Ambroise?
ahm-BRWAHZ, two syllables.
Is Ambroise used outside France?
It appears in no other market in our data.
Is Ambroise a girl's or a boy's name?
Ambroise is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Ambroise most popular?
Ambroise peaked in 2025, when 310 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Ambroise a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ambroise currently ranks #178 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.