Dante

Where Dante comes from

Borrowed from Italian Dànte, a reduced form of Durànte.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dante
  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  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, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1997
    Peak, #200
    1,590 babies named Dante — more than any year before or since.
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.