Meaning: Enduring; steadfast
The story
Dante is a medieval Italian short form of Durante, enduring. Poet Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy give the compact form a substantial literary history.
Nicknames
- Dan
- Danny
Spellings & variants
- Durante
Famous namesakes
- Dante AlighieriPoet
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Style
Origins
Dante comes from Italian and Latin.
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