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It doesn’t savor well for me in this instance; sorry.

Hot take: Everyone is saying this is okay because it’s been done for centuries, but I think the fact that it’s been done for centuries doesn’t make it any less cringey and arrogant. Kids deserve their own name and identity, not just to be treated as an extension of their parents.

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That being said, you do not seem to be explicitly following that tradition. However, I would still place Ambrose in the middle and use a different first name. Most people will assume you were trying to name your kid after yourself.

Girls get names which are linked to their fathers all the time so I don't think it would be "cringey" at all to link a son's name with the mother's.

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In a genealogy for families with my mother's maiden name (not all necessarily related to one another) a ran across the example of a mother named Darlene who had a son named Darl, which I thought was a great choice.

I think it's a lovely idea! I don't think you'd look like a narcissist. It used to be very common for people to name their kids after themselves or give them elements from their own names. And Ambrose is different enough from Amber that it has its own identity.

I think it would be fine. I don’t think Amber and Ambrose are that similar.

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Even so I don’t have a problem with child being given a name that honors a parent or grandparent.

The names aren't THAT similar to my hears, so I think you are safe.

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Besides, what is the problem with being named after your mother? ;) There have been a ton of daughters named in honor of their father, with a ''feminine'' version of the name. I wish more kids were named after their mothers.

I think it could work, but if still really hesitant, maybe use Ambrose as a middle name.

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A girl I went to school with named her first born, Raelyn. Her name? Katelyn. Now THAT would be too similar.

I see no problem with it! It has been happening for centuries - whether it be honouring the name or straight up duplicating it :D

I would congratulate you! It's normalised to have feminine forms to honour masculine names, so why not the other way around?

I think it's weird / cringe.

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It's like Will and Willow and Jada and Jaden (Smith).

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For me, it would be a strike against dating your son. It's too much.

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How about as a middle name rather than first name?

This message was edited 5/19/2025, 1:48 PM

No, I don't think it looks like you're a narcissist. Ambrose is a good name, you should go with it!
I just thought about Will Smith's family. His wife is Jada and their son is Jaden.

It's fine! It's a welcome lesson in etymology if anyone should challenge your motives; and nobody bats an eyelid if dad Tony has daughter Antonia. Ambrose is a good name, but it's got nothing except a couple of letters to do with Amber. It is not 'basically your name', it's all his.

I don't see anything wrong with it. The two names are so different in everything except that first syllable.

I don't think the names are too matchy. Two different names with different meanings.

Maybe, but you can explain you like name not because yours. I think Amber with son Ambrose is ok.