Scottish. The prevalence of Bruce as a female given name is not known although it does occur in Scotland.
A correspondent [JH] has noted the following entry in the local records for Lerwick:
"Bruce, daughter of the late Gilbert Sutherland married Joseph Davidson in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland on 20 December 1884."
The same correspondent has identified well over 80 females named Bruce in the 1851 Census of the Shetland Isles, although the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire does not show any. |