Bruce?

[lynseysyesnyl]

What does MN think?

Can't decide if baby Bruce is cute or crazy.

My immediate go to was Springsteen (cool), DH's was Batman (also cool), and then we thought of Forsythe.... 😂🙈

It’s a no from me.

A friend once went on a date with a boy who said he was called Neil. She discovered that evening that he was actually called Bruce but he found his name too embarrassing to use.

Don’t do it to your lovely baby boy.

Bruce is a lovely name.

All I can think off is Bruce Bogtrotter.

Stuffing chocolate cake into his mouth.

While the other kids chant

‘Bruce, Bruce, Bruce’

Sorry

No. No no no no. No

Aaaaaand no

We tried to add it as a mn but apparently it isn't possible...
Love it!!

It’s awful. I may be influenced by the fact that the two Bruce’s I’ve known have been horrible though.

Erm... it sits with Keith, Nigel and Gary for me. Nothing really wrong with any of them but they just seem super unpopular for babies these days. I would probably think a baby Bruce was quite sweet in a so-unfashionable-it’s-gone-full-circle-and-is-actually-a-bit-cool type way

Makes me think of the Aussie shark on Nemo

"Fish are friends, not food"..

Literally can only think of Bruce Bogtrotter when i hear that name. Awful name imo!

Yes I can only hear it in an Australian accent!!

But I did know a lovely Bruce years ago and remember him fondly...

I like it.

One of the few names it’s almost impossible to shorten or abbreviate. We’d have had it if our second had been a boy.

It sounds like an Australian man swigging a can of XXXX.

Only if you call his sister Sheila ;-)

I can only hear it in Aussie accent too! Even more so than Sheila... I don't know why because I do think of Bruce Willis, Springsteen and Wayne too -but the Aussie comedy stereotype is strong, so it's a no from me, sorry.

I prefer Bruno

Another one who can only hear it in an Australian accent!

Was their a Bruce in kath and kim?

I don't like it. It's too close to "brute" so it sounds like a violent thug to me. Also I associate it with men of a certain age. It's not quite got to "cute grandpa" stage of reusability like Albert or Arthur. It just sounds, yes, as someone else said like Keith or Nigel.

Also hear it in an Australian accent. Bruce, Bruce, Bruce and Bruce of the University of Wallamalloo. I actually think it's quite a nice sounding name but it does have a lot of baggage.

The thing with not quite "cute grandpa" yet names is that they will be back in 20 years by which time anyone named now will be a 20 year old with a cool name, ahead of the curve.

I quite like it!

I know a Bruce in his 30s

I like it