Dante

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Dante

Say it: DAN-teh

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Meaning

A medieval short form of Durante 'enduring, steadfast'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

46,609 babies given this name since 1908
At its height in 1998, about 1 in 1,100 boys
1,098 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

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The family of the name

Italian	Dante

Famous bearers

Dante Alighieri, poet of the Divine Comedy
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet and painter

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Where this comes from

Well-known works of literature
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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