Last name origins & meanings:
- Northern Irish (of Scottish or English origin): most probably a
patronymic from Ambrose, or possibly a variant of
Emerson.
- Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish
Ambrossen and Swedish Ambrosson, patronymics from
Ambrose.
- Abraham Amberson is listed in MD court records in 1665–80.
Subsequently the name is found among Irish Presbyterians in Amberson
Valley, PA, in 1763. Scandinavian bearers of this name came to America
in the mid 19th century.
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