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Latin roots
/duˈran.te/ · Italian
01 / Meaning & origin
Durante is a masculine given name documented in Italian. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin.
From the Latin proper name Durans or Durantis, both derived from the Latin verb dūrāre (“to endure”). Cognates include French Durand and Spanish Durán.
02 / Across borders
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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2020: 5 boys (rank 12022).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Durante
Recorded category boys
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,441 | observed |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,845 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,468 | observed |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,593 | observed |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,238 | observed |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,459 | observed |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,426 | observed |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,941 | observed |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,117 | observed |
| 1991 | 9 | 5,521 | observed |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,128 | observed |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,228 | observed |
| 1994 | 6 | 7,770 | observed |
| 1995 | 7 | 6,992 | observed |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,110 | observed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 6 | 10,921 | observed |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,136 | observed |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,642 | observed |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,022 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Durante” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Durante— “lasting”
The name of Durandus prevailed in other countries; and Durand, to our surprise, figures constantly in Domesday Book, probably having belonged to French immigrants. A Durand and Marta, who jointly owned a house at Winchester in the reign of Stephen, were almost certainly Provençal, since St. Martha was hardly known except in the scene of her exploit with the dragon. Durand Grimbald is a specimen of a French Christian and English surname then prevailing. Durandus is the…
The name of Durandus prevailed in other countries; and Durand, to our surprise, figures constantly in Domesday Book, probably having belonged to French immigrants. A Durand and Marta, who jointly owned a house at Winchester in the reign of Stephen, were almost certainly Provençal, since St. Martha was hardly known except in the scene of her exploit with the dragon. Durand Grimbald is a specimen of a French Christian and English surname then prevailing. Durandus is the Latinized surname of the great French lawyer of the middle ages; and Durandus again is familiar to the lover of mediæval symbolism; but none of these can approach in honour the great Florentine Durante Alighieri, whose glory, _lasting_ like that of Homer and Shakespeare, has made his contracted appellation of Dante stand alone and singly.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section V (Durans) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
