Brontë

See also: Bronte

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”), used as a rendering of Prunty, an Anglicization of the Irish Ó Proinntigh, "descendant of a person named Proinnteach (“Generous”)".

Proper noun

Brontë

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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