Brice
\bʁis\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of Gaulish origin, first recorded around Vᵉ siècle.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Gaulish |
| First recorded | Vᵉ siècle |
| Pronunciation | \bʁis\ |
| Also spelled | Bryce |
| Compound names | Jean-Brice, Pierre-Brice |
Origin and meaning
From Late Latin Bri(c)tius, Bricius, possibly from Gaulish Briccus, *Brikkos, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos (“speckled”). The name of a 5th-century French saint.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- United States
- France
- Belgium
- Switzerland
Around the world
- EnglishBryce
- SpanishBricio
- ItalianBrizio
- LatinBrictius
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Arthur Crbz (France (Occitanie)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).