Given name & surname
Durante
“an enduring man”·“one who stands firm”
Durante is a variant of Durand. Interpretations include “an enduring man” and “one who stands firm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Durante is a variant of Durand. Interpretations include “an enduring man” and “one who stands firm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Durante is a variant of Durand. Durand has been associated with Latin and French naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Durante through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121
- 121 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 9 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 as a first name in 2020; 3,183 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.
Durante’s family of names
In Italian usage, Durante as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form Durand. In Italian usage, Durante has a related form in DURANDO. Durante has a related form in Durand.
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Around the world
Durante has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Durante
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