Page 7 | Opinions on the name Brontë please

RedRobyn2021 · 2024-08-30T19:59:22+00:00

Struggling to find a baby name we love except this one Thoughts please

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theduchessofspork · 31/08/2024 00:30

KirstenBlest · 31/08/2024 00:27

They're not posh, they're privileged.

The ones I know are also posh, or smart, as they would put it.

ForGreyKoala · 31/08/2024 00:38

FairyBreadQueen · 30/08/2024 21:10

Quite popular in Australia when I was growing up there (now aged 51). Knew a few. Always quite liked it. It was not an 'out there' name. I'm always a bit surprised when it comes up on baby name threads and people seem startled by it.

Yep, I'm in NZ and it's well used here as well, certainly not 'out there'. The UK seems far more conservative with names.

shoopshoopdedoo · 31/08/2024 00:52

I’m not keen on it. I think it’s unusual enough in the UK that everyone would presume you love the work of the Brontë’s. It’s a very strong association! Also, I presume most people would pronounce it as “Bron-tay”, which might be annoying if you don’t intend for it to be said like that.

PoodlesRUs · 31/08/2024 01:21

I've no opinion on the name (or the child) but I sure have opinions on the parents

garlictwist · 31/08/2024 01:39

I work with a woman called Brontë. I quite like it.

GreenTeaLikesMe · 31/08/2024 02:05

Bronte Saurus. Seriously, a 5yo will have heard of the dinosaur but probably not the authors.

It is not a nice sound either.

HamSad · 31/08/2024 02:24

I like it!

TeflonMom · 31/08/2024 04:07

I think it’s a lovely name

Grimgrump · 31/08/2024 04:12

FairyBreadQueen · 30/08/2024 21:10

Quite popular in Australia when I was growing up there (now aged 51). Knew a few. Always quite liked it. It was not an 'out there' name. I'm always a bit surprised when it comes up on baby name threads and people seem startled by it.

Was about to post something similar! Not at all ‘out there’ in Australia. I knew siblings called Auden (boy) and Bronte (girl). The parents were literary, as you can probably tell.

lowflow · 31/08/2024 04:34

Oh Op. Why make your DD life difficult needlessly. She'll have to explain her name forever and say her mum wasn't a fan but liked the name. She will repeatedly say that forever

Don't do it

Gemstonebeach · 31/08/2024 05:24

Not a fan but a relative with this name is a spoiled brat so probably have negative associations!

stayathomer · 31/08/2024 05:34

theduchessofspork

I know a Bronte so it makes it a name for me!

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 31/08/2024 05:50

I like it

Riapia · 31/08/2024 06:02

Puppy or kitten?

glitches78 · 31/08/2024 06:06

I know of one little girl names it. Quite like it actually. It's different.

Squirrelsnut · 31/08/2024 06:06

It's not actually a very nice sound (love the authors' work!). I think of dinosaurs and 'brunt'.

Deipara · 31/08/2024 06:07

Awful, hate it. I imagine anyone named Bronte to be dramatic and extremely annoying.

sashh · 31/08/2024 06:22

It makes me think of Green Card.

MistyF · 31/08/2024 06:33

EveningSpread · 30/08/2024 21:07

If you’re going for it because of the Brontë sisters, it might help to know that their last name was probably in fact Brunty and at some point someone in the family changed it so they sounded more well to do.

Also your child will be called brontosaurus.

I thought family surname was Prunty and they were Irish. Then the father of the sisters changed it because he became protestant priest and moved to England and change was more because they didn't want to sound Irish, not because classism.

hulahoopqueen · 31/08/2024 06:37

I knew a Brontë at uni. Really lovely girl (and studying English lit, amusingly).
I've only got positive associations with the name.

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RedRobyn2021 · 31/08/2024 06:40

MyBrownEyedHandsomeBoy · 30/08/2024 21:48

Never heard it before
Never heard of Brontë sisters
Never heard of Brontë the author
Never heard of Brontë as a surname

I'm 50/50 how I feel about it, I keep saying it and it sounds more masculine in my head the more I say it at the moment... then again I know of a Bryony (f) and I think that's a nice name, but I only know of 1 in real life..

It's unusual, even if slightly masculine sounding (for me) but I think it it's a name that would grow on me.
I actually like Darcy for a boy but I'd not be brave enough to name a boy Darcy as I know there are far too many Darcey/Darcy/Darcie girls

It's your choice OP ❤️

It's actually unisex so it could a be a boys name

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RedRobyn2021 · 31/08/2024 06:48

@Sleepydoor I agree with you. I did try when I was much younger but didn't have enough patience, now I'm older I may try again.

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 31/08/2024 06:56

I LOVE this name for a girl. It was the top choice fie my bff if she were to have a girl. She had boys, so the name is unclaimed. Take it!!!! 😄🙏🩷

ReadWithScepticism · 31/08/2024 07:15

I'm pretty sure that most people in the UK would think she was named for the Bronte sisters (or one of them).
I don't like it, which got me thinking about other women authors to use as a name.
How about Roy? Or Lee or Eliot? Or (and this is what I would go for) Woolf.

hazandduck · 31/08/2024 07:16

This thread has been enlightening, Rochester was genuinely my first love, have read almost everything written by the family, and yet never ever pronounced it ‘Brontay’ I always thought that was just how Americans mispronounced it. Oops. And I did know it was made up by Patrick (the dad!)