Meaning of the nameDante

Dante is a male name of Italian origin, a short form of Durante, which comes from the Latin verb dūrāre, 'to endure'.

Meaning

“short form of Durante, an Italian name derived from the Latin verb dūrāre, 'to endure'”

People (2022): 8,913
Rank in Brazil: #1,854
Median age: 7 years
2010 Census: 4,362; people

Dante in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dante, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (2,847 people).

64 women 8,849 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dante is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dante in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,526	0.006%
Minas Gerais	1,005	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	742	0.005%
Bahia	613	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	529	0.005%
Paraná	485	0.004%
Ceará	356	0.004%
Santa Catarina	333	0.004%
Pernambuco	290	0.003%
Distrito Federal	269	0.010%
Espírito Santo	243	0.006%
Goiás	235	0.003%
Pará	168	0.002%
Piauí	139	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	132	0.004%
Amazonas	123	0.003%
Paraíba	121	0.003%
Maranhão	117	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	90	0.003%
Alagoas	87	0.003%
Mato Grosso	73	0.002%
Sergipe	72	0.003%
Tocantins	52	0.003%
Rondônia	46	0.003%
Amapá	23	0.003%
Acre	22	0.003%
Roraima	22	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Dante

Wiktionary records Dante in Portuguese as a borrowing from Italian, and Behind the Name describes it as a medieval short form of Durante. Durante comes from the Latin names Durans or Durantis, derived from the verb dūrāre, 'to endure' (in English, 'to endure'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,913 people named Dante, with a median age of 7; most were born from 2010 onward, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in the Distrito Federal.

Sources

Wiktionary: Dante (Portuguese and Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Dante · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Durante · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dante · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Dante

What does the name Dante mean?

Dante means “short form of Durante, an Italian name derived from the Latin verb dūrāre, 'to endure'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Dante in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,913 people with the first name Dante, which ranks it number 1,854 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Dante a boy's or a girl's name?

Dante is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 64 women and 8,849 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dante?

Dante is a name of Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dante most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.010% of the state's population is named Dante (269 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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