I'm not a fan of
Bronte personally. There are very few female B names that I care for. My favorite B name is
Beatrice. I also like
Beatrix and
Beatriz.
Bronte actually has always sounded more masculine to me than
Dante. I think
Dante sounds like the name
Dawn with tay added at the end, at least that is how the name is pronounced around here.
Bronte sounds like the word brawn with tay added at the end. I dislike the brawn part of
Bronte.
But
Dante is pronounced differently in certain parts of the US and in other countries. Which might cause some problems but that is also true for some other names as well, especially Greek names.
Artemis and
Athena are some of the few Greek names that the English pronunciation is close to the Greek pronunciation.
I met a female
Dante before when visiting
Sol Duc hotsprings in the Olympic National Park. She was a Salish Indian from one of the local tribes. I think she was part Lower Elwa and part Quileute. She was a very cute little girl and I talked a bit with her grandfather and mentioned that my partners favorite girls name was
Dante.
The idea for us of a female
Dante came from watching Full Metal Alchemist (the first one, not Brotherhood). Full Metal Alchemist is an anime.
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