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Dante

English translation/equivalent: Dante

Origin: Derived from the Latin Durans meaning "endure, persevere," and therefore "firm, resolute."

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: shortened form of Durante

Name Day/Onomastico: February 11—in honor of St. Danto, martyred in the 4th century.

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