Dante

  • [ DAHN-te ]
  • Italian
Medieval short form of DURANTE. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri, the 13th-century Italian poet who wrote the 'Divine Comedy'.

DURANTE   male   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Durans which meant "enduring".
FULL FORMS
ITALIAN: Durante
EQUIVALENTS
LATE ROMAN: Durans
OTHER FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Deonte