Bruce is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “the willowlands.” In 2024 it was given to 553 boys in the United States.
Bruce belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “the willowlands” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bruce first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #25 in 1952, and in 2024 553 babies received the name — 386,313 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bruce means “the willowlands” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bruce is a boy name. In 2024, 553 babies received the name in the US.
Bruce comes from the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition.
Bruce first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #25 in 1952, and 553 babies were given the name in 2024.
Bruce is pronounced /bɹuːs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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