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Patrick, by a an enormous amount. Bruce is a joke old man name.
I like Pat as a nickname.

Bruce sounds like the moo of a lonely cow. Patrick is fine by itself, and as nns go, Pat isn't bad at all.

Bruce. Patrick is too "Irish-American who believes he has a connection to his heritage because he gets drunk each Saint Patrick's day".

I know a guy with this fn/surname combo.

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Um Patrick is a nicer name and I feel like all the Patricks I know are #blessed. I don't like anything about the name Bruce. I'm not a huge fan of either name.

Patrick. I've always liked it. I think it's handsome.

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Bruce sounds sleazy to me.

In over 10 years of working in child care, I have known one young Bruce and one young Patrick. I'm think of them as I'm giving my opinion as it makes both names are quite evenly matched. Little Bruce suited his name but it was a heavy and harsh name for him as a baby which "Brucie" didn't soften all that much. Patrick is already a softer name to start with and little Patrick gets lots of nicknames, my favourite of which is "Patchy".

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Patrick is not a name I would use but I definitely prefer it over Bruce. I just find Bruce such an abrupt word whereas Patrick has a bit more to it.

Patrick - it's easily shortened, but sounds good as a full name
Bruce sounds like 'bruise'

Patrick. I actually have always really liked this name, I just hate the nicknames. Pat and Rick and Ricky are extremely ugly, but I think Patrick is very handsome.
Bruce is just, ugly, blah, has a big nose and is clumsy.

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ETA: there is actually a young boy in my sons guitar class named Bruce. Probably about 13-15. I was very surprised to hear it.

This message was edited 10/21/2019, 12:24 PM

Patrick. I low-key like them both, but Patrick is jauntier, and there's no associations with violence (bruise, brute, Robert the Bruce).

I like Patrick a lot better. It sounds more intelligent. "Bruce" always sounds like "Brute" to me.

Between those choices, easily Patrick. It's a fairly decent name that suits ALL ages. Bruce on the hand...extremely dated, very unnatractive and reminds me of the word, "bruise." The images that the name conjures up also aren't pleasant. For the life of me I can't understand why this name is still on the charts. Honestly.

Patrick's a name I wouldn't mind actually using, at least for a mn. Bruce is okay, but it's not a name I'd actually consider giving to a person.