Dante

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Დანტე in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dante is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name12K records spelled Dante4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Also written Danté, D'Ante, D'Anté

• a separate given name6.6K records spelled Dante3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy, Peru

  Also written Dant-E, Danté

• Lao given name2.9K records spelled Dante10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Philippines, Thailand, United States

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written ดันเต้, ดินเต, ดันเต่, Danté, Dánté

• Finnish given name1.4K records spelled Dante5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Philippines, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Danté, Däñtē

• a separate given name556 records spelled Dante5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, Philippines

  Also written Dante', D̶a̶n̶t̶e̶, Dantë, Danté

• Russian given name509 records spelled Dante10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Peru, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Данте, Дантэ, Danté

• Albanian given name506 records spelled Dante2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Albania

  Also written Danté

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dante is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• $ Medieval personal name representing a contracted form of Durante ‘steadfast’. Nowadays it is bestowed in honour of the poet Dante Alighieri (1265- 1321).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A male given name from Italian, presumably in honor of the poet Dante Alighieri.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, contracción germánica de Durante/Durand, «el cuervo de Thor»

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, redução popular e coloquial de Durante

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Diminutif latin de Durante; du latin durare, « durer ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 118 years between 1908–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Danteb. 1265FRFlorentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
• Dante Gabriel Rossettib. 1828GBEnglish poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)
• Ferruccio Busonib. 1866DEnot in their usual nameItalian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924)
• Arnaldo Momiglianob. 1908ITnot in their usual nameItalian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)
• Dante Maggiob. 1909ITItalian actor (1909-1992)
• Dante Ferrettib. 1943ITItalian production designer, art director and costume designer (born 1943)
• Dante Spinottib. 1943ITItalian cinematographer
• Yasiin Beyb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper
• Dante Bascob. 1975USAmerican actor and rapper
• Danteb. 1983BRBrazilian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,064 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dante?

We estimate roughly 63 thousand people bear Dante (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Dante have the most bearers?

Dante is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled dante.

How common is Dante compared with other names?

In Argentina, Dante is the 290th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Dante a male or female name?

Dante is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dante mean?

Recorded meaning: Short form of Durante, from Latin durans 'enduring'.