Dante for a boy...

[JessJess3908]

Could I? Should I?

And would it be in any way likely to offend our Catholic priest?

No idea about the priest. I'm presuming there are no St Dantes' though?

Personally, I wouldn't.

is this from the thread the other day ?

Don't know about priests but I wouldn't!
Yuck - it's a bit pretentious not to mention its connotations.

I think it's a nice name

Well, Dante did have a lot of Popes in Hell, y'know! :P

I really like the name, but would worry it'd look too pretentious, as I'm not remotely Italian.

People will say....
oh forget it.

We have a 6/7 year old Dante who lives opposite us - he goes to Catholic school too.,

oh god no. it's just trying too bloody hard.

Isn't dante something to do with hell? If so I would imagine your callling your son that and being catholic are prett ymuh much incompatible!
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lisalisa you are thinking of this

People will think the boy is infernal.

Jessjess, you could.

Dante was a catholic poet, why would it offend your priest?

Think about how it is pronounced....

Your son would be auntie dante before you know it!

I don't pronounce auntie and dante the same.

Nor do I.
It's arn-tee and don-tay

Auntie doesn't rhyme with Dante though.

(oh, unless you are Northern, perhaps?)

No it's horrid, only suits Virgil's friend and poet..

Please. Go with Donald and be extremely classy. Then, subtly, and pretend that Dante has just evolved naturally, even though you planned it right for the word go. I call my children Pookie Splodge and Tubs so I'm not going to laugh at osmebody with a child nnd Dante.

If I got a birth announcement telling me about Dante James 8 lbs 2 oz, I think I would burst out laughing.

Spare yourself the eye-rolling that will go on behind your back.

Or use it as a middle name, we love the name Rex, but don't think it holds well for a first name so would have James Rex.

Boys are just so bloomin hard to name. Call them anything 'nice', non offensive or family related (e.g. James) and they'll end up being one of 6 in their class - but call them anything unusual and it just sounds poncey or gay. Grrr... fingers still crossed for DD.

Caulifrau - No the Donte/Dante debate wasn't mine - Searched on Dante after posting this and had a good laugh reading it tho.

Victorian - ta for the link. I knew Dante's pilgrim travelled through the levels of hell... but was unsure how the church reacted. Methinks they can be a tad oversensitive at times

Pookie - Pookie Splodge and Tubs are all wonderful names that even pass the supermarket test. Little Donald, on the other hand, is wearing a white syrup and hanging out with silicone barbie in my imagination - ala Mr Trump.

Can someone please tell me where I can find a list of boys names that are not in the top 20 but will not set my PFB up for a life of continual pi** taking???

I like Dante

dp has held out against it for years, though
I think on balance he is probably right

I like the sound of it and I know a Dante, but I wouldn't use it because it's just a wee bit too pretentious, sorry.