What is Bruce Springsteen's full name?

Bruce Springsteen's full name is Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen.

He was born on September 23, 1949, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Freehold. His middle names reflect his family background: Frederick was also his father's name, while Joseph comes from his Catholic family tradition.

Springsteen began performing publicly as a teenager and became internationally famous after releasing Born to Run in 1975. He is widely known by the nickname “the Boss,” which reportedly grew partly from his habit of collecting and distributing his band's pay during his early club performances. The name Bruce Springsteen is therefore not a stage name or shortened version; it is his real surname and professional name.

A common mix-up is confusing his full name with the names of family members or bandmates. His father was Douglas Frederick Springsteen, and his backing group is the E Street Band. Neither “Bruce James Springsteen,” “Bruce William Springsteen,” nor “Bruce Robert Springsteen” is correct.