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I really dislike Bronte. Edith was my grandmother's name. I never liked it until recently but it has started growing on me. Edith is nice and plenty short enough that I don't think it needs a nickname. I like the combo Edith Emily.

I always liked the idea of Bronte, but never the sound. That's why it would end up in in the middle name slot for me.

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Bronte Isobel is lovely.

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Edith has a soft elegance that is coming back into style. We have a little Edith being born into our extended circle this year. They are also calling her Edie.

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Edith Emily I like quite a bit.

I like the Bronte sisters very much (even wrote an essay about them in secondary school), but I prefer their first names to their surname. Bronte is too close to Brunte, which is a common name in Sweden for a horse (I guess it's derived from the word for brown, brun).

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Edith is nice, it sounds sophisticated, and I like Swedish-speaking Finnish poet Edith Södergran (1892 - 1923) who wrote beautiful poems and who died from tuberculosis.

Wow, two very different styles. I really like Bronte and find it young and fresh. I dislike Edith, it sounds old and stuffy to me... Sorry.

Bronte feels like a last name.

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Edith sounds like an old lady, specifically Edith Bunker from 'All in the Family'. Here in Canada, I don't think anyone has really used it since the 1940s, though I get that it's currently gaining popularity in the UK. Still feels like an old lady to me.

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I feel like both would make better middle names, but not with Iris or Emily.

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Maybe...

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Anna Edith
Grace Edith
Catherine Edith

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Grace Bronte
Hanna Bronte
Ariana Bronte

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Of your two Edith combos, I like Edith Emily much better, even though I dislike repeating initials. I don't dislike either of your Bronte combos, but I do like Bronte Francesca a bit better.

This message was edited 7/12/2015, 8:45 PM

I adore Edith and abhor Bronte. Edith Emily is lovely!

I loathe the name Bronte, sorry. I don't see anything nice about it and find the sound of it rather grating. Edith nn Edie on the other hand is lovely. So cute, it ages well and it has that lovely vintage feel. Edith Iris is quite nice.

Bronte: I can see its appeal. It associates itself with Bronwen and sisters and books, and has a firstnamey ending. I don't have objections to saying it to address someone, and I get a generally modest, friendly, tidy impression off it. I personally can't favorite it, though, because it's still too surnamey (seems impersonal/aloof/superior - alluding to an attitude of "you're not good enough to call me by my first name" and "important family connections"), and ... this might be weird, but because it could as well be spelled Bronty. Brawnty. Jaunty Braunty. I dunno, it's just ... not quite cool enough? Someone added a half-teaspoon too much thyme to it? Bronte Francesca is okay. Bronte Isobel is sort of annoying, it's like Poppy Grace or something.

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Edith: I like this. It goes in and out of my top ten, I guess you could say. I offered it as a possible name for our daughter back in 2006 and my husband said he thought it made a statement ... I guess because he didn't think it was fashionable. That didn't bother me but I didn't want to use a name he wasn't comfy with. I think it'd inevitably become Edie, and that's nice. Edith Emily's okay but seems a little stuffy. I love Iris but if you're worried about flow, Edith Iris is spitty. I'd avoid names with th, f, s, sh, ch with it, especially after a short I.
Edith Victoria, Edith Vivien, Edith Carmina, Edith Madeline

Bronte is the name of one of my dogs. I didn't name her, she came with that name. I think it's hideously ugly but not in a funny and charming way that an ugly human name on a pet should be. I know a couple of girls/women named Bronte. It has a decent amount of usage here in Australia as there is a famous beach called Bronte Beach. Every Bronte I have met has been tall, slender, and beautiful and I never think their name suits them.

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Edith is my fave girl's name and has been for a few years. I love Edith with an E mn, Edith Eleanor has been my top for some time. Edith Emily is magnificent. I love the name Iris but Edith Iris is a little choppy to me.

Bronte is so ugly. if I had this name I would cry and weep. It's like a sound a Rhydon would make after using Strength. You need to throw it in the trash can immediately. It is comical with Isobel and Francesca, which are elaborate, delicate, and beautiful. It is like an ugly man head with beards and belches coming out of an exquisite dress.

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Edith is kind of nice. I love it with other E names. Edith Emily = adorable.

I'm immensely fond of both, and would love to see either used, together or separately.

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Bronte Isobel is sweet, but Isobel and company is becoming overused, in my opinion. Not a fan of Francesca, and something about Bronte Francesca is really displeasing, aesthetically.

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Not a fan of Edith Iris or Edith Emily, either. Edith Iris doesn't flow well and for some reason the combo is a little grating. Emily is honestly just dull, it doesn't do Edith justice.

I don't like Bronte but I do like Edith. Edith Emily is lovely.