Bronte
Girl name · 34 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Bronte: 34 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 6 births in 2024.
Bronte carries a certain windswept literary romance, pronounced to match the famous sisters. Its origin is Greek, from *brontē*, meaning "thunder." As a surname, it was famously borne by the three tragic geniuses of Victorian literature—Charlotte (*Jane Eyre*), Emily (*Wuthering Heights*), and Anne (*The Tenant of Wildfell Hall*)—who wrote under the masculine-sounding pen names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. The family name was an anglicised version of an Irish Gaelic surname. There is no direct place named after the sisters, but the Yorkshire moors they immortalised remain a pilgrimage site. Once strikingly rare as a forename, Bronte has since enjoyed a steady, if modest, revival among parents drawn to its strong, singular sound.
Girl 8 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20246 babies
- Latest (2024)
- #4766 babies
- Total births
- 34since 1994
- 5-year trend
- ▼ 14%vs prior 5y