Male name
Brice
16,116 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1998. Expression number: 1.
Origin
(5th century) From the Gaulish Brictos, Latinized as Brictius. The root of the name is certainly connected to the theonym Brictae, Brixtae (“magic, enchantment”), which is also found in Old Irish bricht and Old Breton brith (“magic”).Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Brice”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1998: 422 births. 16,116 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. It really came into use around 1914. It is still given: 322 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 28,390 | 1900–2025 | 71st in 1981 |
| Switzerland | 338* | 1915–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
2 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 5 = 28 → 1
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
5
freedom, change, movement
9 + 5 = 14 → 5
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
2 + 9 + 3 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.