Bruce

Although it is not one of my personal favorites, I do see the appeal in the name Bruce. It it strong, masculine, and ages well.

This name bears resemblance to words like "bruise", "brute", and "brusque". It's a great name for the character of Batman and other serious, strong types of people.

Toooo dated and very unattractive (Nowadays).

Cool and epicccc.

Very unattractive.

Bruce sounds like the name of a jock high school bully in a movie set in the 1950s. I hate this name so much.

I don’t like it.

Goofy and odd-sounding. I am of Scottish descent, but this is one of the (unfortunately many) weird Scottish names.

Not a name I'm personally a fan of, but I will always associate this name to Batman, which to me is a positive connotation!

My name is Bruce and I get bullied a lot.

I can't see this name making a comeback anytime soon, but, I think it would be really nice as a middle name. Middle names escape all the teasing / negative steryotypes ("puce," "bruise," meathead jock) and get to keep all the meaning / name associations parents want to pass on (Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Wayne, Bruce Lee, etc).

We love the name Bruce. We have a baby Bruce and it suits him perfectly. With our surname it's sure to get a reaction from batman fans, but that will give him good chat up lines for when he's older.

My dad's name is Bruce. He's very happy with his namesakes but he prefers it to be less common than it is. He would rather be named Rupert after his father though.

My name is Bruce. I’m not sure how I feel about my name. I’m a former Marine and I’m very masculine. Not sure if that has anything to do with my name. Have noticed that not many children are named Bruce lately. I wonder if it goes in cycles.

This name was somewhat popular for baby boys approximately 60-70 years ago in the USA. Along with the famous Bruces listed here by others (Willis, Springsteen, Boxleitner and Lee) I knew a few teen and early twenty-something young men with this name when I was in high school/college in the early to mid 1970's. The name doesn't seem to be used much since then. It's a decent enough name though. I like the fact there are no nicknames for it.

Cool sounding name. Sounds more like a surname though.

Very nice, masculine sounding name.

Bruce... has a horrible sound.

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It is immediately linked with fire in my mind because in Italian there is the verb "bruciare" that means "to burn". It is a link that makes it stronger but the sound "bru" has not a good appeal at all.

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I prefer other names to honour Scotland.

I like this name. Mostly because it’s associated with sharks (thanks to Jaws and Finding Nemo), and I have loved sharks ever since I was a young girl, and it’s the name of my uncle.

It bears a slight resemblance to the word 'brutal', and for some reason that's all I think of. It's strange, because the two are only mildly similar.

Bruce is a great name. I love how strong and classic it is.

My husband's name is Bruce. I guess when you love someone you end up loving their name, because I didn't when we first met, but I do now. His mom called him Brucie, even as an adult, and after she died, I began calling him that too, as a comfort, I guess.

Bruce is a cool name and reminds me of Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman. I also like the nickname Brucey.

I cannot even begin to describe how terrible this name is. It's laughably dated, unattractive, not special, and sounds like "Bruise."
It boggles my mind as to why this name didn't leave the charts long ago.

I think Bruce is a great name because it reminds me of my favorite superhero BATMAN! I would totally name my kid Bruce.

This name sounds tough since it's the name of Batman and the hulk.

I like this name a lot, it has a serious sound to it but it's still a good name to have. However I think Bruce Jenner has probably ruined the name for a lot of people.

In the 70's Bruce was the generic name of a stereotypical gay man (complete with limp wrist and a lisp) in jokes about gay men.
My brother, named Bruce, was glad when Bruce Willis and Bruce Springsteen re-associated the name with straight men. Later on he came out.

In 1954, Dr Fredric Wertham published Seduction of the Innocent, a book explaining how comic books were ruining the youth of America. In the book, Dr Wertham implies that millionaire Bruce Wayne and his ward, Dick Grayson (Batman and Robin) are gay. The book gained notoriety during congressional hearing on comic books, also in 1954. If you look at the popularity of "Bruce" as a name, you will see that it peaks in 1951-2.

Think it is a good idea to give your little baby boy a pretty-sounding name like Bruce? He won't always be a little baby and Bruce is not appropriate for a grown man. I have hated my name for over 45 years. Please don't name your child Bruce.

Reminds me of a bruise. It's also one of those names that I can't picture on men under 40 (of course, they were kids once too, but it still sounds odd on young boys).

I don't really like the look or sound of it but I have a huge soft spot for the name Bruce because I love Bruce Springsteen and I was a big fan of Bruce Willis when I was younger. I consider Bruce a very manly name, almost macho.

Reminds me of bruises. Don't like it.

My name is Bruce, I'm no better or stronger than any other, a name is a name, you are who you are, I'm an asshole, a good person, a bad lover, a good lover, I'm like everyone else but with my own name, they could have called me Sue!

Sounds like a very nice middle aged bald man. And I think of penguins. I think I saw some cartoon about a penguin named Bruce or something.

The name always makes me think of really idiotic men who like to act tough and manly. It doesn't have a pleasant sound to it anyway. Come on, it's pronounced like 'bruise'. And it's the middle name of that moron Eminem.

This is my name but I am not fond of it. Oh well. I'll get over it.

I like the name Bruce, it's very masculine and is quite popular in Australia. ;)

My father thinks this name sounds effeminate. I disagree and rather like it.

I don't like this name, it is a really cold and unfeeling name.