Bruce is alike in pronunciation to brice , brose, bryce and bryse. Bruce montgomery, pen name edmund crispin, english crime writer and composer bruce montgomery (musical director) (1927–2008), composer, artist, conductor, and director from philadelphia · the name bruce is a boys name of french, scottish, english origin meaning from the brushwood thicket. It has been in use as a given name in the english-speaking world since the 19th century, becoming especially popular in the 1940s and 50s. · the surname was borne by robert the bruce, a scottish hero of the 14th century who achieved independence from england and became the king of scotland. · lauded by rolling stone as the embodiment of rock & roll, with more than 140 million records sold around the globe and more than 70 million in the united states, bruce springsteen is one of the world’s best-selling artists. Other suggested similar-sounding names are baruch, boruch, boyce, brae, breck, brick, broc, brock, brocke, bruin, brunel, bruno, bruto, brycen, brye, buck , luce, price, pryce and trace. Bruce is a norman place name made famous by the scottish king robert the bruce, who won scotlands independence from england in the fourteenth century.
