What does bruce mean?
Definitions for bruce
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Princeton's WordNet
Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Brucenoun
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert Inoun
king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
Wiktionary
Brucenoun
A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.
Brucenoun
transferred from the surname.
brucenoun
A man.
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Etymology: From Bruce.
Wikipedia
Bruce
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king 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.
ChatGPT
Bruce
Bruce is a common masculine given name of Scottish origin. It is derived from the surname Bruce, which originated from the Scottish place name Brix, meaning "willowlands" in the Gaelic language. The name Bruce is often associated with traits like strength, honor, and resilience. It is used as a first name for males in various cultures around the world.
Wikidata
Bruce
Bruce was a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding existed from 1934 to 1967 and again from 1987 to 1999. The riding was abolished in 1999 into Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound and Huron—Bruce. It consisted of the entirety of Bruce County.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Bruce
a family illustrious in Scottish history, descended from a Norman knight, Robert de Bruis, who came over with the Conqueror, and who acquired lands first in Northumberland and then in Annandale.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BRUCE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bruce is ranked #636 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bruce surname appeared 53,419 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 18 would have the surname Bruce.
77.3% or 41,320 total occurrences were White.
15.8% or 8,488 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 1,442 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.2% or 1,175 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 604 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.7% or 395 total occurrences were Asian.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bruce' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4511
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for bruce »
cuber
cebur
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bruce in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bruce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of bruce in a Sentence
Couldn't be a more proud daughter. With courage and bravery, let's change the world. I am honored to stand by Bruce's side and support Kendall Jenner.
I think when you take a head job you have to wear a lot of hats, but you don't ever experience wearing those hats, when you understand that going in … without the experience I think you tend to do things a little differently. You have to be man enough to know when you can change things. Usually, when people get fired, they blame everybody else. The first thing I did was look within Todd Bowles, and there were a lot of things I can do better. BRUCE ARIANS DISMISSES TOM BRADY BEEF AFTER ANNOUNCING HE IS STEPPING DOWN AS BUCS HEAD COACH.
Good players make good coaches, so you always want to have good players, i ’m not going to apologize for inheriting a talented team. I’ve had less success with a team. It’s different to the fact that I do n’t think I can go into this trying to be Bruce. I would fail miserably if I tried. ... I can be me.
I love his [ M. Night Shyamalan ] movies. I've always loved his movies. I remember where I was when I saw' Sixth Sense,'' Unbreakable' and' Signs' and what I did after. i just remember so many points in my own personal history that are associated with seeing movies of Bruce Willis.
I would get Bruce Willis into a situation and at some point I had learned that if someone wants, values me sexually, or I feel like they desire me, then they are entitled to me, when I was like 14, because I was so shamed like when all those blogs came out about how I looked, how my face looked, then my idea was that,' Oh, well then, if I'm desired sexually, then I have value.'.
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- بروسArabic
- bruceDanish
- BruceGerman
- bruceGreek
- bruceEsperanto
- bruceSpanish
- بروسPersian
- The name "Bruce" remains the same in Finnish, as proper names typically do not get translated. If you need help with a specific context or additional text, feel free to provide more details!Finnish
- bruceFrench
- bruisIrish
- ब्रूसHindi
- bruceHungarian
- բրյուսArmenian
- bruceIndonesian
- bruceItalian
- ברוסHebrew
- ブルースJapanese
- ಬ್ರೂಸ್Kannada
- 브루스Korean
- BruceLatin
- bruceDutch
- bruceNorwegian
- BrucePolish
- brucePortuguese
- bruceRomanian
- брюсRussian
- The name "Bruce" is typically not translated into other languages, including Swedish. It remains "Bruce." If you meant something else by "bruce," please provide more context!Swedish
- புரூஸ்Tamil
- The name "Bruce" remains the same in Telugu as it is a proper noun. However, if you would like it to be phonetically transliterated, it can be written as "బ్రూస్".Telugu
- bruceTurkish
- брюсUkrainian
- بروسUrdu
- BruceVietnamese
- bruceYiddish
- 布魯斯Chinese
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