Mafi yawan ma'anar kalmar "Bruce" shine sunan namiji da aka ba shi na asalin Scotland, ma'ana "daga kauri mai bushe." Hakanan za'a iya amfani dashi azaman sunan mahaifi, kuma akwai sanannun mutane da yawa masu suna Bruce. Bugu da ƙari, "Bruce" na iya komawa zuwa gundumar Bruce a Ontario, Kanada, ko zuwa wurare daban-daban mai suna Bruce a Amurka da wasu ƙasashe. A wasu mahallin, ana iya amfani da "Bruce" azaman kalmar laƙabi ko laƙabi ga wani mai suna Bruce ko kuma a matsayin batun Bruce Springsteen, mawaƙin Amurka-mawaƙi.