Names - Bronte/ Brontë
We love the name Bronte/ Brontë, pronounced Bron-tee.
My only reservation is whether to use the diaeresis above the e.
How would you spell/pronounce Bronte?
We are leaning towards no dieresis for the following reasons:
- We are from Australia most are familiar with the famous beach "Bronte beach"
- Use of diaeresis is very uncommon in AU/ British English
- My understanding is that diaeresis are used for adjacent vowels to signify separate syllables (eg coöperate, Noël, Chloë)- the o and the e aren’t adjacent in Bronte so I find the use of diaeresis odd
- People are lazy and the ë is hard to find/ locate to type, particularly given general lack of use
Given we both have very common names (Jessica and Daniel) I can’t bear the thought of our child having to spell/or correct their first name at every interaction.