Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BRUCE
There are approximately 29,696 people named Bruce in the UK. That makes it the 313rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 470 are named Bruce.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
From given name or forename
Related and similar surnames
BrewisBrouse
Brousseau
Browse
Breuce
Brouce
Brooce
Brewce
Breuse
Breuze
Brousse
Breusse
Breusce
Briuce
Broeze
Brouses
Brousee
Brousea
Broose
Broese
Brewse
Brousie
Breuss
The Bruce surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Nor. Fr. Local) De Bruys; from Bruy or Bruys, a place in Normandy where the family originated. De Bruys was one of the followers of William the Conqueror, and fought at the battle of Hastings. From this ancestor, King Robert Bruce was descended.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BRUCE. I always conjectured that the Bruces of Scotland were of a common stock with the great baronial house of Braose of Bramber, in Sussex, Gower, in AVales, &c. A passage in Drummond's British Families seems conclusiveon this point: — "Nathaniel Johnstone, M.D., wrote a history of the family of Bruce ; he affirms the identitj' of the Bruces and Braoses. The assertion is supported by many probaliilities.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.