Bronte
[ˈbrɒnti]Meaning
anglicized form of Irish Proinntigh, from Irish bronntach, "generous"
Background Story
Bronte comes from the Irish surname Proinntigh, itself derived from the given name Proinnteach, probably from the Irish word bronntach, meaning "generous". A separate derivation is the Ancient Greek βροντή, "thunder", or Βρόντης, "Thunderer", the name of one of the cyclops. The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, were 19th-century English novelists, and their father changed the spelling of the family surname from Brunty to Brontë, possibly to make it coincide with the Greek word for thunder.
Temperament
Variations
Bronte, Brontee
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