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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Brice m. Of uncertain origin, but possibly related to Gaulish Briccus, *Brikkos, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos 'speckled'.

The name of a 5th C saint.

In Scotland, Bricius was sometimes used as a Latinization of Maol Brigdhe and Giolla Brigdhe.

Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Bricius (nom) JeanIII p. 22
England
Latin
● 1189 Bricius (nom) GASurv p. 122, Britius (nom) ibid. p. 168
Early Modern English
● 1570 Brice BUmar-vol2 p. 116
France
Latin
● 1058 Bricius (nom) StVdM-II 694; 1179 Briccius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 181, Brictius (nom) ibid. 176; 1378 Bricio (dat) hanquetvol1 37
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Bricius (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 5
Scotland
Latin
● 1376 Bricii (gen) morton-vol1 16
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Brice". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Brice.