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TripleRock · 27/08/2013 18:15

Do you like it?

DHs suggestion for our DS due in September and it has really grown on me.

DH is half Italian and we have an Italian surname. DD also has a Continental sounding name.

I like that it can be shortened to Dan/Danny and will be uncommon without being 'Eh?'. Would value some opinions, tia.

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TripleRock · 30/08/2013 13:18

Gosh I'm not keen on those spellings, or on the Don-tay pronunciation.

He would definitely be a Dante. It wouldn't occur to me to say or spell it any other way.

Interesting, perhaps the name isn't as straightforward as I thought.

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TripleRock · 30/08/2013 13:19

Indeed TheSecondComing...

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TheSecondComing · 30/08/2013 13:20

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ILikeRed · 30/08/2013 13:26

I know a two year Dante. (DAN-te) mum's British, dad's Italian. Little boy is squishy blonde haired gorgeousness. Go for it.

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MissOtisRegretsMadam · 30/08/2013 13:30

Ooh I didn't post to put you off!!! I love the name!

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Mutteroo · 30/08/2013 13:43

My friend had this for a boys name & was pronouncing it Don-Tay which I don't particularly like. Much prefer Dan-Tay. In the end bump decided to be a girl.

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BobbyGentry · 30/08/2013 14:00

Reminds me too much of Dante's inferno, travels through purgatory ... Sorry x

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TripleRock · 30/08/2013 14:48

So to summarise, so long as we 1. Have a suitably Italian surname, 2. Stick to the Italian spelling and pronunciation, 3. Produce a child who looks of sufficiently Italian heritage (brown eyes and ringlets preferable), then we might just get away with it?!

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TripleRock · 30/08/2013 14:57

The Dante's Inferno thing. A couple of people have mentioned it. See upthread, part of the epic Divine Comedy considered to be the writer's masterpiece. A positive association I thought.

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TripleRock · 30/08/2013 15:05

To be named after a famous writer I mean

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TripleRock · 30/08/2013 15:06

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Alisvolatpropiis · 30/08/2013 17:20

Don't think there's anything wrong with the Divine Comedy association really.

There are worse things to be associated with.

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cory · 30/08/2013 20:41

Indeed there are three parts to the Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Not too different from a day with your average toddler then. Grin

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/08/2013 04:06

cory - yes!

I like Dante

or what about

Raphael/Rafael

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TripleRock · 31/08/2013 07:35

Cory Grin
Jamie, I like it but DH not keen...

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Meringue33 · 31/08/2013 07:42

Like it, but there was the bad guy in Nashville...

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mathanxiety · 01/09/2013 05:48

Very cliched name in the African American community. Also spelled Dontae or Dontay.

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Sunnysummer · 01/09/2013 07:04

With the Italian surname, I'd say go for it! If he (inexplicably Smile) prefers something plainer he still has a good option with Dan.

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