Ambrose is a given name. It is derived from Greekambrosios, meaning (belonging to) immortal(s), god-like;[1][2] cf. ambrosia, food of gods.[3] Notable people with the name include:
Ambrose Gaines IV (born 1959), American swimmer better known as Rowdy Gaines
John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945), English electrical engineer and physicist. Invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, established the right-hand rule used in physics.
Superanskaja, Aleksandra Vasilʹevna; Institut Jazykoznanija (2005). Sovremennyj slovarʹ ličnych imën: spavnenie, proizchoždenie, napisanieСовременный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание[Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling] (in Russian). Moskva: Айрис-пресс [Ajris Press]. ISBN5-17-002940-3.
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