Bryce
Meaning of Bryce
Bryce is a single syllable that rolls off the tongue like a pebble skipping across Lake Como, yet behind its cool, stony surface lies an old Celtic heart: descended from the medieval Brice—himself a fifth-century saint—and thought to mean “speckled,” a nod to the freckles of dusk that fleck the Highland sky. He carries the lean, athletic cadence of Scottish cliffs and, by happy coincidence, the red-rock grandeur of Utah’s Bryce Canyon, so a parent might picture him equally at ease striding through heather or tracing constellations above the desert. Though his popularity in America crested near the new millennium and now drifts gently downward, the name retains a timeless sheen—crisp as a freshly pressed linen shirt, friendly as a waiter sliding a dish of tiramisu across the table with a wink. In short, Bryce offers parents a passport stamped with history, adventure, and a dash of espresso-bright charm, all in five letters and one confident syllable.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as BRYSS (/braɪs/)
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Notable People Named Bryce
| Bryce Harper is an American baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies who previously played for the Washington Nationals. |
| Bryce Dallas Howard is an American actress and director, the eldest child of Ron Howard, who studied at NYU Tisch and, after a standout As You Like It performance, was cast by M. Night Shyamalan in The Village and Lady in the Water. |
| Bryce Andrew Mitchell is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC featherweight division and appeared on The Ultimate Fighter Undefeated. |
| Bryce Young is an American quarterback for the Carolina Panthers who starred at Alabama, setting a single game passing record and winning the 2021 Heisman Trophy before being selected first overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. |
| Bryce Alexander Dejean-Jones was an American pro basketball player who played at USC, UNLV, then Iowa State before joining the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA. |
| Bryce Michael Hall is an American media personality best known for TikTok and YouTube, with 23.6 million TikTok followers and 3.24 million YouTube subscribers as of December 13, 2024. |
| Bryce Love is an American former NFL running back from Stanford, drafted by Washington in 2019 but never played due to a knee injury, and earlier was a standout youth sprinter who won the 2009 USA Track and Field Youth Athlete of the Year. |
| Bryce Vine is an American rapper and singer who began on The Glee Project in 2011, released the EPs Lazy Fair and Night Circus, and scored Billboard Hot 100 hits with Drew Barrymore and La La Land from his 2019 debut album Carnival. |
| Bryce Perkins is an American professional quarterback who played at Arizona State, Arizona Western, and Virginia, signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2020, and later joined the Carolina Panthers and the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League. |
| Bryce Thompson is an American football cornerback for the DC Defenders of the United Football League who played college football at Tennessee. |
| Bryce Harris is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played college football at Fresno State. |
| Bryce Hall is an American football cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who played at Virginia and previously played for the New York Jets. |
| Bryce Gunnar Hager is an American former NFL linebacker who played at Baylor and was a seventh round pick by the St. Louis Rams in 2015. |
| Bryce Bennett is a Montana Democrat who represented Missoula in the state House from 2011 to 2019 and in the state Senate from 2019 to 2021. |
| Bryce Treggs is an American former NFL wide receiver who played at Cal and signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2016. |
