Ambrose or Ambroise

Boy Names
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I seem to go back and forth between liking [name]Ambrose[/name] and right now I really love it enough to put it on my “real life” list. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek [name]Bridge[/name]” is one of my favorite short stories so the [name]Ambrose[/name] Bierce connection is an added bonus.

My husband isnt into names but he likes this one because it’s masculine, popular in [name]France[/name] and has a lot of great namesakes (St. [name]Ambroise[/name], [name]Ambroise[/name] [name]Par[/name]é). However he isnt OK with the [name]Ambrose[/name] spelling because it’s pretty nonexistent in [name]France[/name]. He thinks Americans arent as critical of different spellings or prn’s so it’s better to use the one that friends and family over there are familiar with (which is [name]Ambroise[/name] Ambroise Thomas pronunciation: How to pronounce Ambroise Thomas in French). Im not sure I agree and I prefer the [name]Ambrose[/name] spelling and prn!

My question is: Are english speakers familiar with this version? Does it look misspelled? [name]Do[/name] you even like it?
I like [name]Ambrose[/name] better and decided that if we ever had the chance to use it I wouldn’t care how people said it but that might be a problem too.

Have any combo suggestions? So far I have [name]Ambroise[/name] [name]Ulysses[/name] or [name]Ulysses[/name] [name]Ambroise[/name] Aristide but I think theyre both a bit much :frowning:

I’m bored with my names right now so maybe I’m just reaching but I really like this now!

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I would recognise [name]Ambroise[/name] as the French variant and then attempt to pronounce it accordingly. I actually find [name]Ambroise[/name] really difficult to pronounce because I’ve never been able to say the French “r”. The “-roi-” sound is particularly difficult for me. I don’t know why - I can roll my r’s fine. It’s really frustrating because I know how it should sound but something horrible comes out instead. Anyway, my point here is that other English-speakers may have similar problems with pronunciation.

I do prefer [name]Ambroise[/name] over [name]Ambrose[/name]. It sounds much nicer to me (although I can’t pronounce it so could never use it. Gah!).

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@eskay I feel your pain I cannot master rolling my R’s for Spanish even though everyone says it should be easier since I can speak two languages…I dont know why they think that because Spanish and Italian just arent happening for me :confused: It’s funny because I prefer [name]Ambrose[/name] over [name]Ambroise[/name] so I have the opposite problem as you.

yeah I could see this name causing a lot of confusion but for some reason I fell head over heels for it so Im determined to find a way to make it work so I can add it to my “future baby list”

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I love both names, but I feel like [name]Ambroise[/name] would be often mispronounced as (am-BROYZ). I would go with [name]Ambrose[/name].