Bronte for a girl... opinions please

[Renaissance227]

What do you think of Bronte for a girl?

I quite like it but makes me think she'd be Australian (no idea why) and that she'd get called Brontosaurus at school. At least she wouldn't be one of 5 of them in the class though :)

Bronte is originally Irish!
I did think of the Brontosaurus bit and it puts be off a little bit but still like it.
Thanks for the opinion! x

Brontesuarus! Its just plain mean, please don't!

I absolutely love it (ever since watching the movie Green card many years ago) unfortunately my DH thinks it's an awful name and wouldn't even consider it.

I no of a Bronte and i can honestly say when hearing that name i have never thought brontasaurus.

I think its an ok name.

Not sure. Bit pretentious?

No. Maybe for a boy, better than the average surname-as-firstname due to the Brontes, but not for a girl.

We have a distant girl-relative (teenager) who is a Bronte. It goes well, and is fine as a name.

DD has a friend at school called Bronte and I think it is a fine name. Nothing tricky about it as Brontesaurus won't stick as a nick-name. I might be biased as we are in Bronte country.

I actually made a face involuntarily when I saw the thread title so I obviously hate it. I don't know why though...

I wouldn't use it as it just doesn't sound girly enough to me (and that is spoken as someone who usually likes the 'less girly' girls names)

Dislike it, sounds harsh. Bronte may be derived from O'Prunty, just not pretty or elegant to my ear.

like it. wasn't it the name of andie mcdowell's character in that gerard depardieu thing? bronte beach is in sydney, schplappo. i think that's the reason why i like the name.

don't be ridiculous.

Brontesaurus.

I live in Australia and have met more than one pre-schooler (girls) called Bronte, so it does seem to be a popular name here. It does remind me of the beach by the same name so I would not use it (to me it would be like calling a boy Devon or Cornwall) but it does sound feminine to me.

Thank you for your opinions, nice and nasty.
Will be using it anyway, but glad to hear what you thought.

P.S. People do call boys and girls Devon!

I like it but I think it makes you sound as if you want to point out how cultured and well-read you are IYKWIM. It tries a bit too hard.

Yes, I know boys are called Devon, and actually, like Bronte, I think it is a nice sounding name as long as it doesn't make you think of the place. I say go for it. I only mentioned it was popular here in Oz because I thought other posters were suggesting it was too out there and it really isn't. It is a very girly girl name here.

BelleEnd - so do you think that about all people who use literary or writer's names just because they like them?
I don't think that knowing about the Brontes makes a person well-read or cultured!

I think it is a sweet name. I'm Australian so maybe kiteflying and schplappo have a point.

I do if a name is so very linked with one particular person or family, as Bronte is. I love the name, I love the Brontes, but it would feel, to me, a bit like calling my child Wordsworth or Ptolemy...
AS I say though, it's a nice name, and if you like it, go for it! :)

i've never heard it before (other than the obvious as surname!) and i LOVE it, think it's pretty but strong, unusual but not weird.