What do you think of Bronte?

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What do you think of Bronte as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

I think of it as a surname so I'm not keen, sorry.

I also think of it as Charlotte Bronte, not as a first name.

V chavvy

It's a surname

It sounds like the noise a donkey would make.

I had a friend at school called Bronte. She was wonderful. I love the name. I think people you have known definitely influence your feelings about names. That's why I can't stand the name Max (shudders at memory of horrible child in my class who threw chairs) even though it is a lovely name.

Brontosaurus.

Using a surname as a Christian name isn't a nouveaux chavtastic thing , its at least as old as Victorian times..... even in Wuthering Heights itself, there are examples - Linton, Hindley etc

I think it is very pretty

Sounds like a dinosaur, unfortunate unless the child is very slender! Sorry!

Fab author.

Not with a Yorkshire accent, sounds you like are calling a dinosaur.
I love the Bronte sisters. But not as a first name.

chavtastic mother at school used to turn up with long peroxide hair, in heels and leopard print leggings to pick up her Bronte. Hideous association in my mind, sorry

Did she yell "Brunti! Get ere Brunti." ?

I teach a Bronte (Bront-ee) and she's a delight! I will admit that when I got my register I dd think but upon meeting her I think it rather suits her.

...and I'm in Yokshire

Pretentious.

We'll always have Africa.

Oh I've bummed that line right up - but am thinking Green Card with Andie McDowell and Gerard Depardieu.

Just no. Unless you want your child to go through life with the nickname Brontesaurus.

Brontesaurus, sorry...

love it. I've met one before. Her parents pronounced it 'bronty' rather than 'brontay', much better i think. it's kind of boho, in the way that Bridie and Betsy are.