Updated June 9, 2019 Find Baby Names Boy name origins & meanings French : Thicket Boy name variations Bruce Bruce - 4% this year Masculine Uncommon READ MORE DETAILS Brooce Brooce 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Broose Broose 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Brucey Brucey 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Brucy Brucy 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Brue Brue 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Bruis Bruis 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Family name origins & meanings German : from a short form of the medieval personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose). Perhaps from the Slavic stem Brus (as in Brusky or the place name Bruschewitz).Swedish : possibly from a Nordic personal name Bruse, from Old Norse brúsi ‘he-goat’.