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Donte

Donte: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“enduring”
Origin
Italian
Say it
DAHN-tay · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Donte is usually treated as a variant of Dante. Dante is a short form of the medieval Italian name Durante, meaning 'enduring' or 'steadfast'.

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How popular is Donte?

202424.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Donte in 202479

2024 rank#1,972 boys

Peak year1997

Total US babies since 188015,753

Donte is fading: recent use is about 51% of its level ten years before.

Names like Donte

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Danteenduring · Italian
  • Dontaemodern form of Dante or Donte · American (modern coinage)
  • Lucafrom Lucania · Italian
  • Enzoestate ruler · Italian
  • Leonardobrave lion · Italian
  • Lorenzofrom Laurentum · Italian
  • GiovanniGod is gracious · Italian
  • Matteogift of God · Italian

Donte questions

What does the name Donte mean?

Donte means "enduring". It comes from Italian. Donte is usually treated as a variant of Dante. Dante is a short form of the medieval Italian name Durante, meaning 'enduring' or 'steadfast'.

Is Donte a boy or girl name?

Donte is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Donte?

79 US babies were named Donte in 2024. Its peak year was 1997.

How do you pronounce Donte?

Donte is usually pronounced DAHN-tay.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.