What my name means?

Question

My last name is Ambrose, so I'm a little confused because a lot of last name websites I visit gives out different origins. Some say that it's English, while others says Its Russian or Greek.

So I was wondering what my surname's origin really is and what it means.

If it helps, my parentage from my father's side is Greek-Russian.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Ambrose comes from ambrosia, the food of the Greek gods.

They drank nectar.  Some words are cross cultural though, for

instance:  From the Roman word Caesar, we get the German

word, kaiser.  The Persians made the same word into shah.  

While the Russians came up with, depending on spelling preference, Czar, Csar, Tsar or Tzar!

Answer 2

GURL, I DUN CAER WERE UR NAEM CAME FRUM, YOU SOUND HOT LIEK GREEK GODDES.  LETS MARRY>

Answer 3

A last name can come from many different places. The way to know what your name means is to figure out what race you are or what your background is and then research it in that race's meaning of the word.  And if you are from mutable races or backgrounds just try to search within them for the word or meaning.  And if their are mutable meanings than you may have to use them all.

Answer 4

maybe it liek ambrosia, nectar of teh gods the mountain olmypia mike tyson

Answer 5

i think it's greek and that it is taken from the word "ambrosia" which was the name of food that gods ate in greek mythology stories.

Answer 6

from Greek ambrotos, "immortal". Ambrosia was called the "nectar of the gods" as it could provide immortality.

Answer 7

Ambrosia is a Greek word, but it doesn't mean that other nationalities wouldn't use it as a name.

Answer 8

Surname: Ambrose

This ancient surname recorded as Ambrose, Ambrus, Ambrosius, Ambroix, Brosch, Ambroisin, Ambrosetti, Brogetti, Brozek, Ambrogioni and in over fifty other spellings world-wide, is of Ancient Greek origin. It derives from the personal name "Ambrosios", meaning divine or immortal, a meaning which no doubt assisted its great popularity. The first known holder was probably St. Ambrose (circa 340-394), the bishop of Milan and one of the early fathers of the Church. The name as a personal name, is recorded in the famous English Domesday Book of 1086, and later in the 1168 a.d. charters of the county of Norfolk, known as the "Pipe Rolls". The surname is first recorded in England in the 13th Century, England being the first country to adopt hereditary surnames, and to make regular recordings throughout the land. Today in the 20th century, the surname in all its various spellings, is recorded in every part of Europe, and throughout the Christian world. Amongst the earliest examples of the surname recording are William Ambroys of the county of Sussex in the year 1332, and in Germany Johann Ambrosius, who was recorded at Franken in 1525. In London in 1729 an unusual recording is that of Ambrosia Ambrose, who was married at St. George's chapel, Hanover Square. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Henrie Ambroys, which was dated 1273, in the ancient charters of England known as the "Hundred Rolls", for the county of Bedfordshire. This was during the reign of King Edward 1st, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1302.

Hope this helps.

Answer 9

The origin is Greek...but it could've spread to Russia with the spread of the Eastern Orthodox Church from the Eastern Mediterranean and into Slavic lands 1,000 years ago or so.  There are lots of examples of Greek/Mediterranean influence...the Russian alphabet is based on the Greek alphabet, for example.