I like [name]Dante[/name] but it I love all of your other FNs so much more. It just doesn’t really fit in my opinion However, I do think it fits really well with your girls names. I can definitely see [name]Pandora[/name] and [name]Dante[/name] being siblings, now that is a great sibset! I have the same problem though, my boys list never matches my girls list. [name]Dante[/name] [name]Malachi[/name] is nice, but the [name]Oscar[/name] throws off the flow for me, but maybe not with your LN added on. What about something like [name]Dante[/name] [name]Malachi[/name] [name]Jame[/name] or [name]Dante[/name] [name]Malachi[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]?
No negative associations at all. Positive associations: Great handsome sound, and the author was a gifted writer.
Teasing potential: I guess I can imagine some rings of hell teasing/jokes or something, but, like, kids would have to be so literary to do that that it’s hard to imagine it being really mean-spirited teasing.
Nicknames: I like that he could use [name]Dan[/name] (or [name]Don[/name]?) as a nickname if he wanted something a bit more familiar (although this name is in the 200s in the US at least, so it’s not like it’s so out there, at least here in this country).
I want to be a fan of [name]Dante[/name]… it has such a cultured, literary feel to it and it has a quick, crisp, soft, handsome sound about it. I just can’t get behind it, though, and I’m sure it’s all due to cultural reasons.
We don’t really have chavs here, but I would think my association to [name]Dante[/name] (and its multiple horrible, trendified spellings, like [name]Dontae[/name], Dontaye, [name]Dantae[/name], etc.) is quite close to your instant reaction to chavvy names there. It’s such a low-class name here and I just can’t imagine considering it or anyone I know considering it. It has some great associations and I want to like it, but I just can’t. I adore [name]Oscar[/name], but I really don’t like [name]Dante[/name] [name]Malachi[/name] [name]Oscar[/name] at all. Probably because I’m not crazy about [name]Malachi[/name], either.
Sorry. I usually love your names and I’ve tried to like [name]Dante[/name] ever since I saw it on your list… I just can’t get behind it.
I personally have no problem with [name]Dante[/name] but its nms, also just a heads up whenever I have seen it come up on boards I see comments about it being “ghetto” so it might be something to think about. [name]Ive[/name] never met a [name]Dante[/name], except when I worked in foster care and there were quite a few [name]Dante[/name]/Dontaes/LaDante’s but it reminds me of the movie Clerks which I think is pretty funny!