English translation/equivalent: Ambrosia

Origin: Derived from the Greek ambrotos "immortal," Latinized into Ambrosius and means "destined to an eternal life."

Name Day/Onomastico: December 7—in memory of St. Ambrogio of Treviri, bishop and patron of Milan.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Ambrogio

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