Brice
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Brice is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common given name. In French, recorded as From Latin Bricius, a name of uncertain Gaulish/Celtic origin; linked to Saint Brice.
- CMCameroon≈1 in 666(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 2.5K
- USUnited States1 in 24K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 357 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 666 (inferred from the name graph)
≈42,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) from a Celtic personal name surviving only as Britius or Brixius; (ii) a different form of Breeze; (iii) anglicization of the Jewish surname Briess, of unknown origin and meaning.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Brice is read(measured from records)
Brice is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French55%
From Latin Bricius, a name of uncertain Gaulish/Celtic origin; linked to Saint Brice.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Du latin Bricius, peut-être d’origine gauloise; associé à l’idée de « détruire ». Saint Brice, évêque de Tours, fêté le 13 novembre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Du latin Bricius; saint Brice, fête le 13 novembre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
- English37%
(i) from a Celtic personal name surviving only as Britius or Brixius; (ii) a different form of Breeze; (iii) anglicization of the Jewish surname Briess, of unknown origin and meaning.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
from the personal name St Britius/Brice, popular in medieval England and Scotland; first attested Bricius de Kyrkebi 12th DC (L)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brice counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM Cameroon | #40 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 666 | — | Brice | 47 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #89 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Brice | 11 |
| FR France | #369 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 28K | Brice | 357 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Brice | 27 |
| US United States | — | 13,758 | 1 in 24K | 13K | Brice | 259 |
| CG Congo - Brazzaville | #35 | ≈7,600 est. | ≈1 in 700 | — | Brice | 17 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Brice is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name of a saint who was a disciple and successor of St Martin of Tours. His name is found in the Latinized forms Bri(c)tius and Bricius and is probably of Gaulish origin, possibly derived from a word meaning ‘speckled’ (compare Welsh brych).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Brice Parainb. 1897FRFrench philosopher and writer
- Brice Mardenb. 1938USAmerican painter (1938-2023)
- Brice Hortefeuxb. 1958FRFrench politician
- Brice Fournierb. 1966FRFrench actor
- Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguemab. 1975GAPresident of Gabon since 2023
- Brice Beckhamb. 1976USAmerican actor
- Brice Guyartb. 1981FRfoil fencer
- Brice Maubleub. 1989FRFrench footballer
- Brice Dja Djédjéb. 1990CIIvorian association football player
- Brice Sambab. 1994CGFrench-Congolese footballer (born 1994)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 72 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 28K | #2,355 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 13K | #1,996 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 434 | #1,996 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1929 | 10 | #556 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 6 | — |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Brice come from?
- (i) from a Celtic personal name surviving only as Britius or Brixius; (ii) a different form of Breeze; (iii) anglicization of the Jewish surname Briess, of unknown origin and meaning. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- Is Brice a male or female name?
- Brice is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Brice mean?
- In French, From Latin Bricius, a name of uncertain Gaulish/Celtic origin; linked to Saint Brice.
- What are other forms of the name Brice?
- In the etymology graph, Bryce is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Brice have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 42 thousand people named Brice in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brice.
- How common is the name Brice?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,758 people named Brice in 2020, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Brice compared with other names?
- In Cameroon, Brice is the 40th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brice” — the 40th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.