Given name

Dantay

“an enduring woman; everlasting”·“an enduring man; everlasting”

Dantay is a variant of Dante. Interpretations include “an enduring woman; everlasting” (Latin) and “an enduring man; everlasting” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dantay is a variant of Dante. Interpretations include “an enduring woman; everlasting” (Latin) and “an enduring man; everlasting” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Dantay is a variant of Dante. An origin associated with Dante is Latin.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Dantay through the years

Babies since 1880
30
30 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1996
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0123420002025Highest share 19960.0
Dantay in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1989–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Dantay’s family of names

Dantay has a related form in Dante.

Walk Dantay’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Dantay, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Dalonta

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>99% boys

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Deuntae

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>99% boys

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Dareian

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>99% boys

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Danzel

12Very rareCooling

>99% boys

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Dishon

Dishon is a surname.

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>99% boys

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Jahray

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>99% boys

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Diquan

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>99% boys

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Desmone

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87% boys · 13% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Dantay’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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