Bruce 734886 223257287 2008-07-03T08:02:32Z 81.25.184.155 Perens {{otheruses4|the name|other uses}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Bruce |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = ''the willowlands'' | region = | origin = | related names = | wiktionary entry = Bruce | popularity = Bruce | articles = Bruce | footnotes = }} The English language name '''Bruce''' arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix of the [[Manche]] ''[[Departments of France|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 language|French]] variations of the surname. Some notable people named Bruce: * [[Bruce Arena]] (born 1951), American soccer coach * [[Bruce Biddle]] (born 1949), New Zealand road cyclist * [[Bruce Bochy]], Major League Baseball manager * [[Bruce Bowen]] (born 1971), American professional basketball player, small forward for the San Antonio Spurs * [[Bruce Boxleitner]] (born 1950), American actor * [[Bruce Brooks]], American author * [[Bruce Campbell]] (born 1958), American actor best-known for starring role in Evil Dead trilogy * [[Bruce Chatwin]], British novelist and travel writer * [[Bruce Cockburn]] Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter * [[Bruce Crampton]], Australian professional golfer * [[Bruce Davison]] (born 1946), American actor * [[Bruce Derlin]] (born 1961), New Zealand tennis player * [[Bruce Dern]], American actor * [[Bruce Devlin]], Australian professional golfer * [[Bruce Dickinson]], British singer best-known as the lead singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden * [[Bruce Forsyth]], British television personality * [[Bruce Froemming]], a Major League Baseball Umpire. * [[Bruce Greenwood]], Canadian actor * [[Bruce Grobbelaar]], retired Zimbabwe soccer goalkeeper * [[Bruce Hornsby]], singer-songwriter from Williamsburg, VA * [[J. Bruce Ismay]], managing director of the White Star Line and survivor of the Titanic disaster * [[Bruce Jenner]], American athlete/olympian, Olympic Hall of Famer * [[Bruce Johnston]], member of the Beach Boys joining in 1965 after Glen Campbell (substituting on stage for Brian Wilson) left * [[Bruce Lee]], Chinese-American martial artist and martial arts actor * [[Bruce Lietzke]], US golfer * [[Bruce McLaren]], New Zealand race car driver and founder of the [[McLaren]] team. * [[Bruce McGill]] (born 1950), American actor * [[Bruce Metzger]], American theological writer and scholar * [[Bruce Patman]], Character in the Sweet Valley Series * [[Bruce Perens]], co-founder of the [[Open Source Initiative]] * [[Bruce Roberts]], Zambian cricketer * [[Bruce Schneier]], a security technologist and author * [[Bruce Seldon]], American boxer who held the WBA Heavyweight title from 1995 to 1996 * [[Bruce Shelley]], American computer game designer * [[Bruce Smith]], All star NFL defensive end who currently holds the record for most career quarterback sacks with 200 * [[Bruce Springsteen]], American singer and songwriter * [[Bruce Taylor (disambiguation)]] * [[Bruce Tuckman]], education researcher and psychologist who proposed the forming-storming-norming-performing model of team development * [[Bruce Tulloh]] (born 1935), English long-distance runner * [[Bruce Vilanch]], comedian * [[Bruce Wayne]], Batman's secret identity * [[Bruce Willis]], American actor and sixth highest-grossing movie star of all time == See also == * [[Bruce (surname)]] * {{Lookfrom|Bruce}} [[Category:masculine given names]] [[de:Bruce]] [[fr:Bruce]] [[it:Bruce]] [[he:ברוס]] [[pl:Brunon]] [[ru:Брюс]] [[fi:Bruce]] [[zh:布鲁斯 (消歧义)]]