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Help[Opinions] WDYTO Ambrosia?
I don’t know why, but Ambrosia has been on my mind. This is strictly a guilty pleasure, but what are your thoughts on it?
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It makes me think of the dessert my grandmother would make. I find it a bit fluffy for a name, but that association could be changed. I think it would make a lovely name for a pet. It has fun sounds.
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Love it and have done so for a long time! 
I think I became acquainted with the name through the Merlin trilogy written by James Mallory, which I picked up in the library one day, many years ago. It's the name of Merlin's foster mother in the books, who is a likeable character as well.
I checked just now and discovered that the trilogy is appparently a novelization of the 1998 mini-series Merlin, which I have never seen. Guess what I'm putting on my watchlist now? ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(miniseries)
With that said, Ambrosia is too clunky for use in daily life. I always imagined that it would work as a full name for Rosa, which is a bit insubstantial by itself.
I think I became acquainted with the name through the Merlin trilogy written by James Mallory, which I picked up in the library one day, many years ago. It's the name of Merlin's foster mother in the books, who is a likeable character as well.
I checked just now and discovered that the trilogy is appparently a novelization of the 1998 mini-series Merlin, which I have never seen. Guess what I'm putting on my watchlist now? ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(miniseries)
With that said, Ambrosia is too clunky for use in daily life. I always imagined that it would work as a full name for Rosa, which is a bit insubstantial by itself.
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I neither like or dislike it. I really like Ambrose on a boy though.
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Much much much too much.
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Rice pudding and custard are my thoughts.
It'd never work here in the UK for this reason!
It'd never work here in the UK for this reason!
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I'm sorry for this response, but my first reaction was "that makes me want to barf." Jeez, it's so... over whipped? to me. I don't think I could dislike it more than I do.
Plus it reminds me of Ambrosia salad and... Barf.
Plus it reminds me of Ambrosia salad and... Barf.
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I learned it as a word for "food of the (Greek) gods" and have never seen it used as a person's name, so I see no appeal at all. Also, I think the name Ambrose is sort of insufferable.
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It's orangey and marshmallowy
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Heheh, agreed :) -
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I think it has a nice sound. Usable as a MN (though pretty much everything is) but maybe not as a FN, since it's so closely associated with food. Also, imo, it comes across as ostentatious and warm, similar to Azalea or Esmeralda in that way.
I named a character Daisy Ambrosia in a story I thought about writing once.
I named a character Daisy Ambrosia in a story I thought about writing once.
This message was edited 1/25/2019, 6:45 PM
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It's intense. Too intense for me. And it unfortunately brings to mind that salad, which might be good for some but... I hate ambrosia salad yuck.
The sound is nice though. The -sia makes me think of nausea and amnesia but that doesn't bother me much because the rest of the sound is so nice. It's poetic to say.
It also makes me think of Labyrinth (the movie) because there is sheep dog called Ambrosius in it. But I've watched that movie 5 billion times so, nbd.
The sound is nice though. The -sia makes me think of nausea and amnesia but that doesn't bother me much because the rest of the sound is so nice. It's poetic to say.
It also makes me think of Labyrinth (the movie) because there is sheep dog called Ambrosius in it. But I've watched that movie 5 billion times so, nbd.
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