Dante

Where Dante comes from

Borrowed from Italian Dànte, a reduced form of Durànte.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dante
  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Dante through the years
  1. 1265
    Dante Alighieri born
    Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher
  2. 1828
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti born
    English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator
  3. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,113 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1997
    Peak, #200
    1,590 babies named Dante, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, presumably in honor of the poet Dante Alighieri.
Namesakes
  • Dante Alighieri · Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher, 1265–1321
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti · English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator, 1828–1882
  • Dante · Brazilian association football player, born 1983
  • Dante Basco · American actor and rapper, born 1975
  • Dante Exum · Australian basketball player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.