Meaning & origin
What it means
Bronte goes back to Ancient Greek βροντή, meaning “thunder.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bronte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 932
- 18 boys · 914 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 131 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 14 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 131 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 977 as a first name in 2020; 141 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bronte’s family of names
In Greek usage, Bronte as a surname is a transliteration of Μπροντέ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bronte
- Bronte CampbellAustralian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holderborn 1994
- Bronte BarrattAustralian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holderborn 1989
- Bronte HalliganAustralian water polo playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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