Dante Forename
4,106th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 255,725 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines
Dante Forename Definition:
A male name. a diminutive of the Italian Durante (see Durand), the christian name of the poet Alighieri and that by which he is usually known (cf. Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo). The name has been long obsolete in Italy, but is occasionally used in modern times after the poet, e.
Read More About This ForenameDante Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 123,889 | 1:856 | 157 |
| Italy | 100% | 30,738 | 1:1,987 | 284 |
| Argentina | 100% | 30,261 | 1:1,413 | 236 |
| United States | 100% | 19,804 | 1:18,306 | 1,555 |
| Peru | 100% | 14,939 | 1:2,128 | 416 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10,688 | 1:11,615 | 940 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,734 | 1:27,701 | 2,365 |
| Chile | 100% | 2,536 | 1:6,943 | 625 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,545 | 1:6,862 | 858 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,446 | 1:7,214 | 948 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,286 | 1:25,765 | 2,161 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,153 | 1:2,973 | 365 |
| Spain | 100% | 943 | 1:49,342 | 1,980 |
| Russia | 97% | 535 | 1:269,596 | 3,614 |
| Uganda | 99% | 523 | 1:78,312 | 3,939 |
| France | 100% | 370 | 1:179,650 | 3,085 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 370 | 1:22,199 | 1,489 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 367 | 1:82,294 | 3,994 |
| Ecuador | - | 342 | 1:51,833 | 1,798 |
| England | 100% | 337 | 1:164,994 | 5,230 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 329 | 1:21,996 | 1,347 |
| Sweden | 99% | 209 | 1:47,167 | 2,532 |
| Indonesia | - | 178 | 1:1,449,234 | 81,233 |
| South Africa | 90% | 173 | 1:315,218 | 17,553 |
| India | 75% | 158 | 1:7,689,101 | 253,462 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 158 | 1:45,266 | 4,111 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 146 | 1:115,768 | 5,610 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Australia | - | 131 | 1:104,257 | 3,672 |
| Egypt | 50% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Belgium | 100% | 128 | 1:89,766 | 3,257 |
| Kenya | - | 127 | 1:364,623 | 11,657 |
| New Zealand | - | 125 | 1:36,288 | 2,248 |
| Germany | 100% | 118 | 1:819,304 | 7,018 |
| Panama | 100% | 114 | 1:34,268 | 2,698 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| China | - | 102 | 1:13,392,704 | 59,907 |
| Guatemala | - | 97 | 1:166,066 | 2,792 |
| Thailand | 100% | 88 | 1:796,202 | 32,006 |
| Guam | - | 73 | 1:2,201 | 474 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 63 | 1:2,818,482 | 50,173 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 57 | 1:534,209 | 22,888 |
| Qatar | 100% | 56 | 1:42,314 | 5,522 |
| Singapore | 100% | 54 | 1:116,427 | 7,626 |
| Romania | 100% | 47 | 1:426,638 | 12,060 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 47 | 1:505,738 | 28,273 |
| Colombia | 100% | 44 | 1:1,085,885 | 11,960 |
| Nepal | 100% | 38 | 1:749,667 | 18,380 |
| Belarus | 100% | 36 | 1:263,400 | 2,075 |
| Brunei | - | 34 | 1:12,340 | 860 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 29 | 1:84,785 | 2,675 |
| Croatia | 100% | 28 | 1:150,610 | 3,044 |
| Honduras | 100% | 28 | 1:314,910 | 5,903 |
| Scotland | 100% | 28 | 1:191,084 | 3,449 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 27 | 1:131,493 | 2,148 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 26 | 1:682,571 | 8,734 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| Japan | - | 23 | 1:5,564,611 | 28,571 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 22 | 1:1,482,887 | 15,223 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 22 | 1:4,988 | 824 |
| Georgia | 96% | 20 | 1:186,923 | 5,227 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 20 | 1:1,153,797 | 32,566 |
| Finland | 95% | 19 | 1:288,589 | 4,209 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Czechia | 83% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Cuba | - | 10 | 1:1,150,655 | 3,959 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Albania | 100% | 7 | 1:435,224 | 16,450 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 7 | 1:1,164,616 | 79,875 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| San Marino | 100% | 6 | 1:5,487 | 446 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Niger | - | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Latvia | 100% | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Israel | 71% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Danté (69), Dánte (1) & Dantë (1) are calculated separately.
Dante (19,518) may also be a surname.
Dante Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a diminutive of the Italian Durante (see Durand), the christian name of the poet Alighieri and that by which he is usually known (cf. Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo). The name has been long obsolete in Italy, but is occasionally used in modern times after the poet, e.g. Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: Lasting.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dante Forename Popularity
Dante Demographics
Dante Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 2,144 (2014)
United States
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Dante Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dante in the Russian language | ||
| Данте | dante | - |
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