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WDYT of Brontë and Bronte? Do you prefer it with the umlaut or without? Do you think it's gender neutral?
Personally I think it looks more elegant with the umlaut and more down to earth without, but I like both. It seems pretty much completely gender neutral to me, which is one of the things I like about it. Also, the Brontë sisters are a definite bonus. I also like that it means "thunder" in Greek.
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LISTEN TO THE MUSTN'TS
- Shel Silverstein
Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me—
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
Personally I think it looks more elegant with the umlaut and more down to earth without, but I like both. It seems pretty much completely gender neutral to me, which is one of the things I like about it. Also, the Brontë sisters are a definite bonus. I also like that it means "thunder" in Greek.
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LISTEN TO THE MUSTN'TS
- Shel Silverstein
Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me—
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
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It's alright. I prefer it spelt Brontë, and I do think it's gender neutral.
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I see it as more feminine. To be honest I actually like it a lot. I pronounce it as bron-TAY. Brontë is a bit too sharp, but I think it’s okay. I like it without the accent though.
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I like it, with either spelling. It’s on my list of names popular in Australia which I would like to use for characters.
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It's not really my style, but I can see the appeal of it, especially as a feminine name. I think I'd like Bronte on a real person.
I don't think it needs the mark, just like Chloe doesn't need it. Whatever - I can see why people would like to put one on either name.
Bronte seems cooler than, say, Harper or Flannery, which are too American-surnamey/masculine seeming (to my sense at least). It seems stylistically kinda like Byron, only feminine. I guess it's feminine mainly because of the sisters, but also because of the sound similarity to Bronwen. On a guy, it would remind me too much of the word "bronco."
I don't think it needs the mark, just like Chloe doesn't need it. Whatever - I can see why people would like to put one on either name.
Bronte seems cooler than, say, Harper or Flannery, which are too American-surnamey/masculine seeming (to my sense at least). It seems stylistically kinda like Byron, only feminine. I guess it's feminine mainly because of the sisters, but also because of the sound similarity to Bronwen. On a guy, it would remind me too much of the word "bronco."
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Oh I love it. It feels more like a middle name but it has a really cool literary vibe.
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I don't like it either way.
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I am going to be honest, it sounds ugly to me.
I also don't believe that it became popular because of the Brontë sisters because it seems to have shown up suddenly in the 70s or so.
I am wondering if there was a soap opera character named this because it seems so...unlikely...to just randomly use this as a given name. It doesn't sound too name-y like Lindsay or Ashley do.
I don't know. It looks better with the trema and at least you can claim that you named them after the sisters (which I guess most people didn't) but it could cause a lot of trouble on documents so maybe not. Depends on how normal this is in your area and whether they can easily print it that way on diplomas etc.
No, it seems feminine to me because of the sisters.
It feels dated even though it was never super common because it fits into the Brooke, Brianna, Brandy category. I feel like Br-names are out of style.
I also don't believe that it became popular because of the Brontë sisters because it seems to have shown up suddenly in the 70s or so.
I am wondering if there was a soap opera character named this because it seems so...unlikely...to just randomly use this as a given name. It doesn't sound too name-y like Lindsay or Ashley do.
I don't know. It looks better with the trema and at least you can claim that you named them after the sisters (which I guess most people didn't) but it could cause a lot of trouble on documents so maybe not. Depends on how normal this is in your area and whether they can easily print it that way on diplomas etc.
No, it seems feminine to me because of the sisters.
It feels dated even though it was never super common because it fits into the Brooke, Brianna, Brandy category. I feel like Br-names are out of style.
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It’s very popular in Australia, where Bronte Beach is the next beach along from the iconic Bondi Beach. I strongly suspect that is the inspiration.
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I went to college with a girl named Bronte. I'm not sure it suited her -- she was Jewish and came from money.
I think it would be winsome on the right person.
I think it would be winsome on the right person.
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Bronte is a very masculine name to me, I'm not really a fan of it.
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I'd say just Bronte, yes it's nice and female only
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