Emmeline Heather, Brontë Charlotte or Adair Lily

I really like Brontë. Not with Charlotte.

Brontë Amelia
Brontë Lucia
Brontë Delilah
Brontë Sophia

I know Bronte is used as a first name for girls in the US, and it has a nice sound, but I dislike last names for first names in general. Another negative thing is that I think it means 'thunder'. Also the brontasaurus thing. So not keen anyway, and yes Bronte Charlotte is completely OTT!

And Adair sounds like a racehorse.

Emmeline is lovely and fairly unusual. Also has good potential for diminutives like Emmy, Emma etc. Heather is also nice. So I would choose Emmeline Heather.

I really don't like Bronte as a first name, and agree that the first thing that comes to mind is Brontesaurus. Emmeline and Heather are nice, and you could still use Charlotte - how about Emmeline Charlotte?

I think Bronte is hideous as a first name (sorry!)

Bronte is nice, but I think you need to move completely away from the Bronte sisters for a middle name.

I think Bronte goes well with your other names but agree with PPs, Bronte Charlotte us overkill. I love Emmeline but it just seems too long with Heather. Emmeline Bronte would be lovely.

Congrats on your baby girl OP.

Adair reminds me of Mad Dog Adair and the village of Adare in Ireland (a very pretty village btw)

Bronte Charlotte is bonkers. Would be like calling a child Dickens Charles or Austen Jane. Just very strange.

I'd go with Emmeline but I quite like Heather as a first name too!

Bronte will be tricky as the umlauts will confuse people or just be omitted (as in this post!), and I really wouldn't pair it with Charlotte (that's just Charlotte Bronte, muddled up). I reckon you'll also get people pronouncing it Bron-tee and Bron-TAY (emphasis on the Tay) which may be kind of irksome.
Adair is a last name or a small Scottish boy. The surname- as-first-name thing works best if it's a name you have a link to I think. Otherwise it's a bit random.
Emmeline is a lovely name.

I really don't like surnames as first names, but as you have a Harper already I'm guessing you do OP! With that in mind Brontë fits best with your other names. Charlotte as the middle name really doesn't work at all though. I'd go with Brontë Heather of all the names you've listed. I think you probably do need the 'ë' , although you could get Bront-ee as a result (as people may think it's like Zoë)

I like Bronte but don't like the middle names you've put with it

[gasp] should be [ shock ]

Adair reminds me of "Mad Dog" Adair - he's 53 and still pops up on the news, e.g. his son's death was in the news in September,

It'd be like me naming my child Harper or Annabel when my last name is Lee. Naff.
I know an Annabel Lee (although spelt slightly differently) and I'd never made the connection [gasp]

I like Bronte, but maybe better as a middle name because some people wont know how to spell/pronounce it. Maybe Lily Bronte or Emmeline Bronte?

I love the name Emmeline and hope I'll be able to persuade dp to use it if we have a dd.

But I think Bronte goes really nicely with your other names. But not with Charlotte as a middle name. Bronte Catherine is nice as pps have said

Oh and please don't name your child Bronte Charlotte. It'd be like me naming my child Harper or Annabel when my last name is Lee. Naff.

Lily Charlotte or Lily Emmeline.

I don't like any of the first names on your list, and Adair is a male name.

Congratulations on your little girl! I think Bronte works really well with your other children's names. I agree with pp Bronte Catherine/Katherine is lovely. I'm not sure Charlotte, Anne or Emily sound quite right, but only for me because I'm used to hearing it the other way round! Good luck choosing.

Adair is a boy's name. Originally a surname, it's been used as a male name for centuries.

For eg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adair_Turner,_Baron_Turner_of_Ecchinswell

There is the famous old Irish/Scottish song 'Robin Adair', also well-known for centuries - the singer is very definitely female, lamenting her lost male love. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Adair

Emmeline, Heather, Lily, Charlotte are all very good names for girls.

Bronte is a polite, later version of the original surname 'O Pronntaigh' or (anglicised) 'Prunty'. Fine as a surname, but IMHO, not a first name for a girl.

Bronte is nice but think it will be 'Bronty' more often than not.
I don't personally like Emmeline but it's very inoffensive.
For some reason I love Adair - I think it's really cool without being too out there. That would be my pick.

Bronte Emmeline gets my vote!

I don't want to rain on your parade as I think out there names like Bronte are fine, and the sound Bron-tay is pretty, but she will be forever faffing about with the umlaut or whatever it's called. And possibly known as Bronte-Saurus. Which is quite sweet actually. But definitely not Bronte Charlotte, people will forever be getting it the wrong way round.

I like Emmeline Lily best.

I like Emmeline Heather. Not keen on the other two.

Emmeline Charlotte or Emmeline Lily.

Adair sounds 'boy's name' to me. I think I would prob assume Bronte was a boy, too... obviously I am aware of the literary connection but I'd assume someone wanting to call a daughter after the Brontes would use Charlotte, or Emily, or Anne.

Adair is a Scottish boys name so no to that. Emmeline Pankhurst sounds a lot like Emily Pankhurst, is that deliberate? I quite like Bronte but they're all very 'big' names to me to be honest.