How would you pronounce Brontë?

[Bronteeorbrontay]

Just that really. If you met a Brontë or Bronte, how would you automatically pronounce it?
Is it awful?
I quite like it. I always assumed it was Brontay but online I keep finding people are pronouncing it Brontee. I actually quite like both but I'd want to pick the one that is most commonly used.
We are not set on this name, but I've already got three kids and really struggling to find a name I don't associate with another child we know or a member of our huge family!

Bront-ay. Nice name.

@Clearinguptheclutter , they do have meaning but they have fallen out of use. They were present in words like zoology an cooperate.

It's normally Bron-tee

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Brontay

I really wouldn't give your child a name that you dont even know how to pronounce

I'm not too concerned with being considered downmarket or pretentious as we are neither. I don't get overly preoccupied with class. I like some names that are considered posh and some names that are considered downmarket, but I'm a firm believer that a person becomes a name and any previous associations get lost. Unless it's something completely ridiculous or obviously misspelt which might cause people to make assumptions before meeting her. Like if I called her Bron-Teigh.

It would annoy me (and her!) a bit people pronouncing it differently though, that's where my main reservation lies.
I do wonder how much of it is accent based though. I think Brontee sounds very different in a northern English accent to a southern one for example.

I know a couple, both pronounce it Bront ee

SE here.

I spent an embarassingly amount of time trying to figure out how youd pronouce Brontay the same way youd pronouce Charlotte. 😳

I mean, it has a diaeresis so it is literally Bron Tee, this is the way to pronounce the famous name, people just do it incorrectly

Brontay

So do people like it? Am I losing my mind?
I feel like I've been through every name in existence and have started to lose faith in my own judgment 😂

If you like authors' surnames as first names, I don't think you can go wrong with Trollope.

As a lit grad and West Yorkshire inhabitant, I’d say Bronti.

I personally do like it as a name (if you are shortlisting for a baby). Unusual but not obscure, has some history and culture behind it and great name for a girl.

The most important thing is: do you love it? That’s all that matters.

bronte (ee)
I know a girl with this name and she goes by Brontie I think so that people pronounce it the way she likes. I think it’s lovely and memorable.

In school a friend had a little sister with that name and they always say Brontee. It's not a name I would choose regardless of how its said. I just don't like the sound of it.

There's good evidence that the family pronounced it Bront-ay and that's definitely what I'd say if I saw the name written down.

If the different pronunciations bother you, pick a different name.

I would only use it if having to correct the pronunciation didn’t bother you, and if it didn’t bother you that people were likely to assume you were Brontë mega-fans, and bombard you with detailed questions about Shirley and Gondal and Angria.

😂

Bron tee. It's a diaeresis, used in the English language to separate syllables. To rhyme with Chlo e.

No e

Bron-Bron

Thanks so much for genuinely interesting information. Will try it out 🙂. Also info regarding a genuine umlaut.

To the OP - I'm maybe totally missing the point but why would you name your child by a surname? It just sounds bad - whichever way it's pronounced.

I know what you mean about not caring about the class of names and cringed when I typed "pretentious and down-market" but much as you may or may not notice most do.

I tried to give my kids names that would work hollered across a methadone clinic car park or the Royal box at Cheltenham but maybe that's my hang ups!

Regardless of class etc I don't like Brontee or Tay as it's not a proper name and she'll be having to spell and pronounce it correctly to people FOREVER. What else is on the list??

Brontay as in the sisters. We used to have to say it a lot at school and it was never Brontee.

I’m not a fan of surnames used as first names, I prefer the classics to be honest. Also makes me think of dinosaurs 🦕