Given name
Dontray
“a faithful man”
Dontray is a variant of Dantre. One American interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dontray is a variant of Dantre. One American interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dontray is a variant of Dantre. An origin associated with Dantre is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dontray through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 309
- 309 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 242 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dontray’s family of names
Dontray has a related form in Dantre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.