The surname Bruce is a British surname of French origin. In Scotland, it is derived from Clan Bruce. In some cases it is derived from the French place name of Briouze in Normandy,^[1] (see Braose) while in others it appears to be derived from Brix in Normandy, or Bruz in Brittany, both in France.^[2]

The surname is also common among a Ghanaian family of Accra of Euro-African ancestry.^{[citation needed]}

People with the surname

• Adam Bruce (born 1968), Scottish businessman
• Alexander Bruce (disambiguation)
• Alice Bruce (1867–1951), British educationist
• Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, Scottish aristocrat, chief of the name of Bruce
• Brenda Bruce (1918–1996), British actress
• Benjamin F. Bruce (1811–1888), New York politician
• Cameron Bruce (born 1979), Australian-football professional
• Carlos Bruce (born 1959), Peruvian politician
• Carol Bruce (1919–2007), American actress and singer
• Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816–1900), American benefactor of the Harvard College Observatory
• Charles Bruce (disambiguation)
• Colin Bruce (disambiguation)
• David Bruce (disambiguation)
• Earle Bruce (1931–2018), American football coach
• Ed Bruce (1939–2021), American country music singer-songwriter
• Edgar Bruce (c. 1845–1901), English actor-manager
• Edward Bruce (disambiguation)
• Edward Bruce (c. 1280–1318), King of Ireland
• Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss (1548–1611), Scottish Judge
• Everend Lester Bruce (1884–1949), Canadian geologist
• F. F. Bruce (1910–1990), Scottish professor and Biblical scholar
• Fiona Bruce (born 1964), British television presenter
• Fiona Bruce (politician) (born 1957), British politician
• Frederick Bruce-Lyle (1953 – 2016), Ghanaian-born jurist and judge in several Caribbean countries

• William Bruce-Lyle (1919–?), Ghanaian jurist of Supreme Courts of Ghana and Zambia

• Frederick Nanka-Bruce (1878–1953), physician, journalist and politician of British Gold Coast colony
• Gail Bruce (1923–1998), American football player
• Geoffrey Bruce (mountaineer) (1896–1972), British army officer and Everest mountaineer
• George Bruce (disambiguation)
• Harriet Bruce-Annan (born 1965), Ghanaian programmer and humanitarian
• Ingrid Bruce (1940–2012), Swedish civil engineer
• Isaac Bruce (born 1972), American football wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams
• Jack Bruce (1943–2014), Scottish bass player with the band Cream
• Jacob Bruce (1669–1735), Russian statesman, military leader and scientist
• James Bruce (disambiguation)
• Jay Bruce (born 1987), Major League Baseball outfielder
• John Bruce (disambiguation)
• John Bruce-Gardyne Baron Bruce-Gardyne of Kirkden
• Joseph Bruce (born 1972), known as Violent J, American rapper of duo Insane Clown Posse
• Josette Bruce (1920–1996), French novelist
• Joshua Harrison Bruce (8133-1891), American farmer and politician
• Kate Bruce (1860–1946), American actress
• Ken Bruce (born 1951), radio presenter
• King Bruce, (1922–1997), Ghanaian composer, band leader and musician
• Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist
• Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, writer, entrepreneur and cookery expert
• Malcolm Bruce (born 1944), British politician
• Michael Bruce (disambiguation)
• Mrs Victor Bruce, British aviator, racing driver and businesswoman
• Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), British character actor
• Patrick Henry Bruce (1881–1936), American cubist painter
• Philip Alexander Bruce (1856–1933), American historian specialized in the history of Virginia
• Robert Bruce (disambiguation)
• Rowena Mary Bruce (1915–1999), English chess master
• Stanley Bruce (1883–1967), Prime Minister of Australia
• Steve Bruce (born 1960), British football manager
• Tammy Bruce (born 1962), American radio host, author, and political commentator
• Theo Bruce (1923–2002), Australian athlete
• Theodore Bruce (1847–1911), South Australian auctioneer, politician and mayor of Adelaide
• Thomas Bruce (disambiguation)
• Vicki Bruce (born 1953), British psychologist
• Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India
• Vida Bruce, Ghanaian athlete
• W. H. Bruce (fl.1910–1930), businessman in Adelaide, South Australia
• William Bruce (disambiguation)