Donte / Dontae for a white british boy?!

[emmagreen481]

I'm 23 weeks pregnant with a boy and I am really struggling with finding a name. I've looked at almost every possible name on this planet and I don't like any of them. The only one I've considered is Donte / Dontae pronounced don-tay however everyone I've spoke to about it has told me it's a black man's name, is this true?! and does it even matter?
Before anyone mentions it, I have thought about the name Dante instead and I don't like it

Donte is a form of Dante - so they're virtually the same. I know a Donte (black) and a Dante (white), and I would probably make that assumption about Donte. Whether it matters is another thing.

Does it matter?

What about Donato (Italian) for gift. I presume same root

I have never ever met a Donte black or otherwise.

It's typically an African American name. It would be quite unusual on a white boy and I'm not sure he'd thank you for it.
Dante is perfectly nice and wouldn't seem out of place. I really wouldn't with Dontae

Surely it would be spelled Dante pronounced donte?

Dante is pronounced don tay.

It's dreadful but if you really must then at least spell it correctly.

Regardless of whether you think the name has a 'colour' . I think don-tay sounds horrible anyway. What about pronunciation Dan- Tay. Similar but a little nicer, also leaves it open for the little one to use the nickname Dan if he chooses.

Dante is pronounced Dan-tay, as in the Italian poet. I've never heard it pronounced as Don-tay. But Collins dictionary does say it can be pronounced both ways - a bit of a surprise there.

Don't

Your son would not thank you for that name

Definitely not Dontae!

I really wouldn't

And not for race reasons either, because it's god awful

It's a nice name. Go for it. Names don't have a colour. I like the donte spelling best but both are nice x

Dante is pronounced Dan-tay and I do like the name, my mum is also Italian so it would fit in well. I just don't want it being shortened to Dan which I think might happen

I know a Dontae - he is indeed black!

I wouldn't do it.

I only know one Dante (pronounced kinda inbetween Dan/Don tay) who is mixed black/white heritage.

Really the only person in control of what a name gets shortened to is yourself. If you never call him Dan, and always call him Dante, he should call himself Dante, and thus so should everyone else.

It would seem odd on a white boy. Don’t do jt

Awful name!

Thanks for all the comments, I think I'm going to avoid it! Now to find another name

What about Dawson?