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This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Bruce (disambiguation)

The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix of the Manche département in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) (1274-1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name.

The variant Lebrix and Le Brix are French variations of the surname.

See also

• All pages beginning with "Bruce"

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English

Etymology

From a Norman place name, of disputed meaning.

Proper noun

Bruce

1. A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of bceru
• cuber

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(1730-1794) (Bruce)