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Dante

Dante ranks #262 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 8 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #176 among boy dog names.
Dante's popularity trend

Dante's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2018.

0.01%0.02%0.03%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
8
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#262
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+1
2014 → 2019
Gender split
94% male
6% female94% male

Gender split comes from 17 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Dante mean?
/ˈdɑnteɪ/2 syllablesOrigin: Italian

Dante is a short form of the Italian name Durante, which comes from the Latin "durare," meaning "to endure" or "to last." It's most famously carried by the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.

Dante has a rich, literary weight to it, a name that suits a pet with a serious, soulful presence and just a touch of drama.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Dante shows up

Cats named Dante per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

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