Dante
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Dante comes from Latin and means “lasting” or “everlasting,” related to Durant. The name belongs to the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri and to painter-poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Italian Americans have used Dante since the 1950s, and the spelling Donte is popular in African American families.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
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Usage of Dante in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Dante against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Dante is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Dante in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,104 boys were named Dante, making it the #308 boys' name in the US. Since 1908, 51,587 boys have been named Dante, with the most (1,670) in 1998. It is most common, relative to births, in Rhode Island, New Mexico and Montana.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Dante
There are 20 towns and villages with Dante in their name, in 9 countries.
🇮🇹 Italy 4🇲🇽 Mexico 4🇺🇸 United States 4🇳🇵 Nepal 3🇦🇷 Argentina 1🇧🇷 Brazil 1🇬🇳 Guinea 1🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Dante | Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | 649 | Map |
| Dante | South Dakota, 🇺🇸 United States | 86 | Map |
| Dante Delgado | Veracruz, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 37 | Map |
| Casa Dante | Veneto, 🇮🇹 Italy | – | Map |
| Dante | South Sulawesi, 🇮🇩 Indonesia | – | Map |
| Dante | Overijssel, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | – | Map |
| Dante | Karnali Pradesh, 🇳🇵 Nepal | – | Map |
| Dante | Tennessee, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Dante Okhar | Karnali Pradesh, 🇳🇵 Nepal | – | Map |
| Dante Okhar | Karnali Pradesh, 🇳🇵 Nepal | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Dante
There are 1 lakes and reservoirs with Dante in their name.
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| Lake Dante | South Dakota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Dante songs
10 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Dante in their title. The best known:
- Dante Symphony – Franz Liszt
- Dante Sonata – Franz Liszt
- Dante's Inferno – Jon Schaffer (2011)
- Dante – Show Lo (2013)
- Dante Symphony No. 1 – Boris Tishchenko (1997)
- Dante Symphony No. 2 – Boris Tishchenko (2000)
- Dante Symphony No. 3 – Boris Tishchenko (2001)
- Dante Symphony No. 4 – Boris Tishchenko (2003)
- Dante Trilogie – Charles Wuorinen (1995)
- Un soneto del Dante - Tanto gentile tanto onesta – Alberto Nepomuceno
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Dante
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Dante.
Dante
Dante Lavelli
Dante Rosario
Fictional characters named Dante
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Dante as a pet name
FurryName has found 365 dogs named Dante in public pet registers, making it the #420 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Zurich (12), Villavicencio (4), Fusagasugá (3). Dante as a dog name →
FurryName has found 16 cats named Dante in public pet registers, making it the #462 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Villavicencio (2), Miranda (1), Corangamite Shire (1). Dante as a cat name →
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