Given name & surname
Dante
“an enduring woman; everlasting”·“an enduring man; everlasting”
Dante is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an enduring woman; everlasting” (Latin) and “an enduring man; everlasting” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an enduring woman; everlasting” (Latin) and “an enduring man; everlasting” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dante through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52,053
- 51,587 boys · 466 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 1,694 babies
- 2025
- 1,104
- #308 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,104 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 308 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,670 in 1998. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (171 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 40,067 as a first name in 2020; 882 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dante’s family of names
Dante has a related form in Donte. Dante has a related form in Dontae. Dante has a related form in Dontrell.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dante has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
13 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dante
- Dante AlighieriFlorentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
- DanteBrazilian association football playerborn 1983
- Yasiin BeyAmerican rapperborn 1973
- Dante BascoAmerican actor and rapperborn 1975
- Danté ExumAustralian basketball player (born 1995)
- Dante AmaralBrazilian volleyball playerborn 1980
- Dante FerrettiItalian production designer, art director and costume designer (born 1943)
- Dante CunninghamAmerican basketball player (born 1987)
- Dante VanzeirBelgian association football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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