Bruce is not in the Bible. It is a place in Normandy, and it became a name because a family from there took it to Scotland. What the name means Bruce is a Norman territorial surname — de Brus, from a place in the Cotentin. It means, in effect, “from Brix,” and it carries no meaning beyond the location. It reached Scotland with a Norman family in the twelfth century, became famous through Robert the Bruce, and moved from surname…

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