Bronte
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning thunder; a form of Bronté.
Bronte by the numbers
In 2025, 76 babies in England and Wales were named Bronte. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 131 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bronte. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the wind
Like Bronte, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
- Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Audrastorm174 in the US (2017)
- Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bronte
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