Given name
Dontre
“a faithful man”
Dontre is a variant of Dantre. One American interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dontre is a variant of Dantre. One American interpretation is “a faithful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dontre 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 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dontre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 498
- 498 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,534 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,534 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 365 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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