Brice
m.
Of uncertain origin, but possibly related to Gaulish Briccus, *Brikkos, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos 'speckled'.
The name of a 5th C saint.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Bricius (nom) JeanIII p. 22
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Bricius (nom) GASurv p. 122,
Britius (nom) ibid. p. 168
- Early Modern English
- ● 1570 Brice BUmar-vol2 p. 116
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1058 Bricius (nom) StVdM-II 694;
1179 Briccius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 181,
Brictius (nom) ibid. 176;
1378 Bricio (dat) hanquetvol1 37
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1306 Briccy (gen) Slíz p. 68x69, s.n. Briccius;
1322 Briccius (nom) ibid. p. 69, s.n. Briccius;
1323 Briccio (abl) ibid. p. 69, s.n. Briccius;
1324 Briccii (gen) ibid. p. 69, s.n. Briccius;
1332x1337 Briccius (nom) ibid. p. 69, s.n. Briccius;
1339 Briccius (nom) ibid. p. 69, s.n. Briccius
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Bricius (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 5
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1376 Bricii (gen) morton-vol1 16
Cite as: M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Brice". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Brice.