 The name derives from the British Celtic , meaning ' fair , fine , brisk ’ . It is not to be confused with other rivers in the south west of England with the same name . The historic spelling , Froom , is still sometimes used and this is how the name of the river is pronounced ( as in broom ) . In the nineteenth and twentieth century the River Frome became known in East Bristol as the Danny . The derivation of this name is uncertain , some suggest a nickname , taken from the Blue Danube Waltz , others that it was derived from the Australian slang word dunny . 
