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[Opinions] Nicknames for Ambrose
I like Ambrose, but it seems too “formal” for a little kid so I was hoping a nickname would soften it. What do you think would be some good nicknames?
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I love Ambrose, and I'm not always fond of nns (ex I love William, hate Will and Liam).I had a waiter name Ambrose a while ago, a teenager. He didn't use a nn.
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I don't think Ambrose is too formal for a kid. One of my students this year's younger brother is named Ambrose (sibset: Gerard (10) and Ambrose (8)). I feel like it's one of those names that seems too formal, but works out just fine.I don't know that I have any good nickname suggestions. I'd probably stay away from Rose/Rosie or Amber. Maybe Amb? Amby? Brose?
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I adore Ambrose! Rose / Rosy would be adorable on a boy.
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I love Ambrose! I'd go for Ames, Rosy, or Amber. Quite feminine but still so cute.
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Unlike most, I would dare say, of the people here, I once knew a man named Ambrose. He was my father's business accountant when I was a teenager.And he was called Amby. Never Ambrose, always Amby. This seems so intuitive to me that I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it.

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I kind of like it.
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Bro, naturally.Bruh!I don't like Ambrose and this is pretty much why.But I can totally picture an adult man Ambrose choosing to go by Rose / Rosie, or by Bro, and pulling it off coolly.Wouldn't want to impose that on a small child, but as he gets older something like that'd probably happen.

This message was edited 5/14/2018, 10:16 AM

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hilarious. I never thought of this and could totally see it happening. Weird old me first thought "Amby, of course". Honestly, I think an Ambrose is likely to go by Ambrose.
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I currently work with a child (age 4) named Ambrose. He doesn’t use any nicknames and it hasn’t ever seemed too formal. He’s not a serious kid either, makes silly faces all the time and loves to climb anything and everything. I think I may have heard his mom call him ‘Am’ once.
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These aren’t at all intuitive nicknames, so perhaps too far a stretch, but how about...Abe
Ace
Ames
Amos
Aro - rhyming the “a” in “car”
Arrow
Bo
Boz - like Boz Scaggs
Moe
Mose
Oz
Ozzie

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Amber, Ammie, Rose?
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Ama - perhaps phonetically Ahmah Ambra - perhaps phonetically AhmbrahAmy, (Amie - with short /a/ as Cayden suggested) Amber or Rose - especially if Ambrose is a contraction of Amber and Rose, as some may empirically consider it.

This message was edited 5/14/2018, 2:03 AM

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I like most of these and want to preempt the criticism about them being too feminine. It’s considered perfectly acceptable for girls to have masculine nicknames— Antonia/Toni, Thomasina/Tommi, and Andrea/Andy to name a few. So with that considered, why can’t there be a man named Ambrose nn Amber or Rose or even Amy?
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w/part's of Millie's April 21 Antonia doesn't have to be Toni...Yes - that is just it. I've never known an Ambrose--not of either gender, but who is to say what nicknames or short-names Ambrose may have been called or which he may or may not have liked at whatever points during his/her life? Apocopation, omission of the final syllable(s) or other 'final' parts of a word, is natural to speech. It is also "normal" to soften a name into a common - or even more common form--and it is often done with intentions of affection.
I wrote last April - on Millie's "Antonia doesn't have to be Toni".It is not a "big-deal" to shorten names, especially when this occurs during a conversation. I despise the name "Barb" - yet I don't mind at all if someone in the midst of a conversation with another person (perhaps at work or something) says "Barb already took care of that, so why don't you take care of (whatever)". I would not find any disrespect in such a scenario. No-one needs to stop a train of thought to flatter my personal preference. I am not that important - and honestly, I wouldn't want that much attention. To me, it would be a notion of peculiar vanity, or mere pettiness, to hold such an intricate detail as worthy of address. Half of the people named Barbara like to be called Barb - Samantha or Samuel, Sam; William, Will, Willy, Bill or Billy. Using other forms of a name is also normal and natural.

This message was edited 5/16/2018, 1:24 AM

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I hate masculine nicknames on girls, so at least I'm consistent.
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My first association of a "masculine nickname" on a lady happened to be a catechism teacher by the nickname of Mike. She had long blond hair - she seemed to bear every connotation of a beautiful lady. I was quite young at the time so I am uncertain whether that were her formal name or not. After that - Charlie - which I've also learned to understand for Charlene - and honestly - I love both Charlene & Charlie (Charley).

This message was edited 5/16/2018, 2:23 AM

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I also love Ambrose & have come across the same problem... the only nn I can think of that I would use is Rose. But honestly, I don’t think it absolutely needs a nn. People will get used to Ambrose on a kid and eventually won’t think of it as sounding too formal and will just associate it with the child. I totally get the desire for a nn, but don’t let the lack of one put you off from using the name if you really love it.
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Amie (pronounced with a short /a/ sound, AM-ee)
Bro
Rose
Rosie
Brosie That’s all I can think of. I love Ambrose as a name btw but don’t think it has a lot of good nickname options.
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Ambrose is gorgeous. Nicknames....
Brody
Ami
Bo
Briar
Rocco
Roz
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I love Ambrose too, and I was facing the same dilemma with nickname options. Brose was the only one I could think of that I liked. It might be a stretch, but maybe Ro?
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