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 [ 1 syll. bry-ce, br-yce ] The boy name Bryce is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BRAYS KEY. Bryce is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Welsh. Derived from the element 'brych' meaning speckled. Bricius (Latinized), Brictius (Latinized), Britius (Latinized), and Brychan (Welsh) are original forms of Bryce. The name is an Anglicized form of the Welsh name Brychan. Saint Bricius of Tours was the fourth bishop of Tours who succeeded Saint Martin in the 5th century. Bhreac (Scottish), Breck (Irish), Brizio (Italian), Brycen (English, Irish, and Welsh), Brychan (Welsh), Bryson (English and Irish), and Bryston (English) are variants of Bryce. Brice (English and French variant spelling) is another form of Bryce. Bryce is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1910s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2000, 0.207% of baby boys were given the name Bryce. It ranked at #92 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.168% and its ranking #116, and it was the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2008, 64% more boys were named Bryce than the next most popular name, Bryson (English and Irish). Bryce has mostly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Bryce include Brice (English and French), Berg (German), Berk (English), Berke (English), Bersh (English), Birch (English), Birk (English), Birke (English), Borg, Börje (Scandinavian), Børge (Scandinavian), Brage (Scandinavian), Bras (Portuguese), Braz (Portuguese), Breck (Irish), Brick (English), Brigg (English), Briggs (English), Broc (Irish), and Brock (English and Irish). KEY: Pronunciation for Bryce: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
