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 [ 2 syll. dan-te, da-nte ] The boy name Dante is pronounced DAANTey KEY. Dante's origin is Latin, and its use, German and Italian. The name means 'enduring, steadfast'. Derived from the word durare meaning 'to endure, to withstand'. Durante (Latin) is an older form of Dante. The name is known from the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) who wrote The Divine Comedy, as well as the medieval text The New Life (1295) to express his lifelong love for Beatrice. Dante is known as the 'il Sommo Poeta' (the Supreme Poet) in Italian. The romantic associations of the name thus made it popular in the Middle Ages. Forms of Dante include Dontae (English), Donte (English), Duran (English), Durand (English), Durant (English), Durante (English and Italian), and Durrant (English). See also the related forms, Davonte (English), Deonte (English), and Devonte (English). Dante is a popular baby boy name. The name's popularity rose from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 1998, 0.082% of baby boys were given the name Dante. It had a ranking of #201 then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #291 with a usage of 0.053%, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its family. Dante was 4 times more widely used than the subsequent ranked name, Donte (English), in 2008. Baby names that sound like Dante include Dandie (English and Scottish), Dandy (English and Scottish), Demid (Russian), Deonte (English), Diamond (English), Donaidh (Scottish), Donat (Catalan, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Provençal, and Russian), Donát (Hungarian), Donnaidh (Scottish), Dontae (English), Donte (English), Dand (Scottish), Dayanand (Indian), Demothi, Dionte (English), Donati (Italian), Donato (English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and Dyamond (English). Details of famous persons named Dante: KEY: English pronunciation for Dante: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
